This document provides tips for effectively searching the web using Google. It discusses 20 tips, including using keywords and Boolean operators to refine searches, using special search functions like cached links and wildcards, limiting searches by file type or site, and using different Google services for images, groups, directories and news. The overall aim is to help users optimize their Google searches to find the most relevant information efficiently.
1. Finding Information
on the Web
Thossaphol Noratus
Office of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council
webmaster@nesac.go.th www.nesac.go.th
2. AGENDA
Introduction to finding info.
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Knowledge Sharing (40 min)
Quiz (20 min)
3. Introduction to finding information
on the Web
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- Product information
- Public Relation Meterials
- Library Catalog
- Current News
- Government Information
- Press Release
- Selected Article Reprints
- Entertainment, Game, TV, Radio, Movie etc.
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1. Keyword Search Engines
2. Subject Directories and Guides
3. Meta Search Engines
4. Subject Specific Search Engines
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Pararell Search Engines, Mega Search
Engines, Multi-Threaded Search
Engines
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14. Subject Specific Search
Engines
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The Most Important Tips,
Tricks & Hack
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38. 7. Cached Link
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Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)
Adobe Postscript (.ps)
- Lotus 123 formats, Lotus WordPro (.lwp), MacWrite
(.mw)
- Rich Text format (.rtf), Text (.txt, .ans)
- Microsoft Excel (.xls)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt)
- Microsoft Word (.doc), Microsoft Works (.wks, .wps,
.wdb) Microsoft Write (.wri)
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(http://images.google.com)
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(http://groups.google.com)
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52. 19. Google News
(http://news.google.com)
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(http://toolbar.google.com)
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55. 21. Froogle
(http://froogle.google.com)
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56. 22. Google
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CapeMail F F Google
Web Search F F F ก
F F google@capeclear.com
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Gogle.com
Goolge.com
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Google http://www.google.com/
MSN www.msn.com
AllTheWeb www.alltheweb.com
AltaVista www.altavista.com
Lycos www.lycos.com