Choose your search
tool
Book
Movie Theatre
Journal Article
Shopping
Software
University Program
Dictionary, Terminology
Instructional Video
•(Amazon.com)
•http://www.blockbuster.com &
•http://movies.aol.com/
•ERIC
•Ebay
•Amazon
•Yahoo Directory
•Wikipedia &
•http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
•Sunburst & United Streaming
Examples
http://www.zillow.com
Search Tips
and & or
ignored by google
California OR Arizona
California AND Arizona
“Tall woman” + “Short Man”
Use the - sign to exclude
Jaguar -car
Use quotes
Be specific ...
Computer applications in high school math teaching
Try alternative word
orders
“Best ways to prepare for a job interview” OR “How to prepare for
a job interview”
Use important words
only
The way Google search works is to take what you search for
and match it with keywords in online content.
Don’t use: Where can I find a Chinese restaurant that
delivers.
Instead try: Chinese restaurants nearby.
Or: Chinese restaurants near me.
Use the tabs
related:
will list web pages that are "similar" to a specified web page
Related:amazon.com
related:www.starfall.com
Wildcards
"don't ask country * ask"
“Isaac Newton discovered *”
Use a colon to search
specific sites
Rezaei site:www.csulb.edu
File Type
"First amendment" filetype:ppt
Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf)
Adobe PostScript (ps)
Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku)
Lotus WordPro (lwp)
MacWrite (mw)
Microsoft Excel (xls)
Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt)
Microsoft Word (doc)
Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb)
Microsoft Write (wri)
Rich Text Format (rtf)
Shockwave Flash (swf)
Text (ans, txt)
intitle: global
warming
Intitle: Google will restrict the results to documents
containing that word in the title.
Screen Capture
Command+Shift+3:
takes a screenshot of
the full screen (or screens if multiple
monitors), and save it as a file to the
desktop
Command+Shift+4:
brings up a selection
box so you can specify an area to take a
screenshot of, then save it as a file to the
desktop
Command+Shift+4, then spacebar, then
click a window:takes a screenshot of a
window only and saves it as a file to the