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Internet Searching Tips:
More than once I have been extremely frustrated trying to find something on the internet. Internet searching either gives WAY too much information or info that isn’t relevant. Most of the tips I will share with you I’ve picked up bit by bit. I’m hoping they will help you.
Exact Match:
When you use quotation marks, you only search for what is inside the quotes. For example:
Coffeehouses “live music”
will bring up all the coffeehouses that have live music.
Exclusion:
When you use the minus sign, you’ll exclude that information from your search. For example:
“Scottish Novels: -“Outlander”
will bring up information about many novels that occur in Scotland except the Outlander series.
Wild Card:
When you use the asterisk with another word or phrase, you’ll get lots of different options. For example:
Hollywood *
will provide results like “Hollywood Bowl”, “Hollywood Blacklist”, and “Hollywood movies”.
Specific Web Site:
Do you want to search within a specific web site? Use “site:website”. For example:
“Jerry Lewis” site:nyt.com
will bring up articles relating to Jerry Lewis on the New York Times site.
More:
Have you used Google’s Search Tabs? Underneath Google’s search bar, there are a number of options. For example:
WEB NEWS IMAGES VIDEOS BOOKS MORE SEARCH TOOLS
News:
If you are looking specifically for a news story that occurred in the last 24 hours, follow these steps:
- Firstly, Enter your search terms in the search bar.
- Secondly, Click on the News tab.
- Third, Click on the Search Tools Tab
- Last, Click on “Anytime” and select “24 hours” from the drop-down menu
Images:
If you’re looking for an image, enter a description in the search bar and then click on the Images Tab. If you want to fine-tune your search, then you can add other criteria. Click on “Search Tools” and then, select the color, type of image, usage rights, etc.
Location:
If you want to find something in a particular location, click on “Search Tools”, then click on “Location”, then type in where you would like to search. For example:
“Hot Springs” California
will bring up a list of all the hot springs in California.
You can also print out this cheat sheet from Google:
Have you used any of these Internet Searching tips? Are there other tips you use? Please share them in the comments below!
Conclusion:
Using these Internet Searching Tips will save you time!
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