2013 FC/Technology/2013-03pr GoogleSearch:Techniques PaulHill,NicoleJensen,NickRead,StaceyMacArthur Introduction KnowinghowtoutilizeGoogleSearchispowerful.Searchskillsareanessential21stcenturyskillthatwillserveyouinfinding,anizing,andleveraginginformationfasterandmorereliably—therebyincreasingproductivityandimprovingyourqualityoflifeonline. Digitalliteracyfavorsthosewhoarecurious,willingtoexperiment,andchange.Google’smissionisanizetheworld’sinformationandmakeituniversallyessibleanduseful(MissionofGoogle).AsGoogle’ssearchenginehasevolvedinfulfillingitsmission,ithasmaturedintoacalculator,dictionary,recipebook,unitandcurrencyconverter,evenaweatherforecaster,translatorandmore!
Youcanuseitforalmostanythingnow.Byexploringandexperimentingwithsearchtechniques,youwillemoreefficientinessingandmakinguseoftheworld’sinformation. SearchTechniques HasperformingaGooglesearcheverbeenafrustratingexperience?
Haveyoursearchqueriesoftenproduceddisappointingresults?
Let’ssayyou’reinsearchofthemostup-to-dateinformationaboutaiconlyforold,outdatedlinkstobedisplayed.It’sfrustratingwhenyoucan’tfindwhatyou’relookingforinthe’svastseaofcontent. ByutilizingtheadvancedsearchtechniquesinTable1youcanrefineyoursearchresults,helpingyoufindpreciselywhatyou’relookingfor.Thesesearchtechniques(TipsandTricks,2013)willnotonlyenhanceyourGooglesearchexperience,butalsosaveyouvaluabletime: Table1.GoogleSearchTechniques SearchTechniquesauthor:define:time:unitconversion stocks:weather:imagesearch filetype: control+
F Exampleauthor:blancharddefine:increduloustime:hurricane,utah5280feettomiles stocks:goog Notes InGoogleScholar,filtersearchresultsofarticlesbyaspecificauthor. Searchforadefinitionofanyword. Findthecurrenttimeforanylocationintheworld. Tryconvertingcurrency,lengths,mass,time,temperature,andmore.Type“unitconversion”inthesearchbar. Getthelateststockperformancefortickersymbols. weather:honolulu,hI Findthecurrentweatherforanylocationintheworld. Entersearchterms(i.e.,noxiousweeds),thenclick“Images” Searchforanimagebydraggingitintothesearchbarorvisitclickthecameraiconandselect“uploadimagefromfile” filetype:pdfutah4-Hmemberregistration Useppt,doc,xls,jpg,pngandotherstofinddocumentscontainingtheotherkeywordsinyoursearch. PC:PresstheControl&Fkeysatthesametime. Locatesspecificwordsonapage. Apple:PresstheCommand&Fkeysatthesametime. Androidtablets:Inabrowserwindow,touchthemenu inurl:site:related:site: intitle: buttoninrightofthescreen,thenselect“findonpage.” SafarioniPadtablets:Clickthecursorinthesearchboxintheupperrightcornerofthescreen.Directlyabovethekeyboard,a“findonpage”boxwillopen. inurl:getoutdoorsday FiltersearchresultstocontaincertainwordsinaURL. site:.govand“nationalparks”Limitsearchtoaspecificclassofsitesordomainuse. related: Findapageyoulike?
Userelated:tofindsimilarsites. applessite:extension.usu.edu Including"site:"inaquerywilldisplayresultsforacertainwebsite.Thisalsoworkswhensearchingwithinspecificdomainssuchaslike,.gov,or.edu. intitle:situationalleadership Limitsearchbyspecificwordsinthetitleofawebpage. Conclusion GoogleSearchhasanincrediblydeepquerylanguagewithdozensofoptionsthatallowsyoutofilterandrefineyoursearches.Byexploringandexperimentingwiththesetechniquesofsearch,youwillemoreefficientinessingandmakinguseoftheworld’sinformation.Searchisaremarkableskilleverycriticalthinkerneedstolearninordertoimproveindependentlearning. Ifyou’dliketocontinueimprovingyoursearchskills,considertakingthefreeonlinecoursesGoogleoffersat(Russell,2012). References InsideSearch:TipsandTricks.(2013).Retrievedfrom:/intl/en/insidesearch/tipstricks/ MissionofGoogle.Retrievedfrom:pany/ Russell,
D.M.PowerSearchingwithGoogle.(2012).Retrievedfrom: UtahStateUniversitymittedtoprovidinganenvironmentfreefromharassmentandotherformsofillegaldiscriminationbasedonrace,color,religion,sex,nationalorigin,age(40andolder),disability,andveteran’sstatus.USU’spolicyalsoprohibitsdiscriminationonthebasisofsexualorientationinemploymentandacademicrelatedpracticesanddecisions.UtahStateUniversityemployeesandstudentscannot,becauseofrace,color,religion,sex,nationalorigin,age,disability,orveteran’sstatus,refusetohire;discharge;promote;demote;terminate;discriminatepensation;ordiscriminateregardingterms,privileges,orconditionsofemployment,againstanypersonotherwisequalified.Employeesandstudentsalsocannotdiscriminateintheclassroom,residencehalls,orinon/offcampus,USUsponsoredeventsandactivities.ThispublicationisissuedinfurtheranceofCooperativeExtensionwork,actsofMay8andJune30,1914,incooperationwiththeU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture,hL.White,VicePresidentforExtensionandAgriculture,UtahStateUniversity.