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=__**Web Search**__=

**Handouts:**
[|Search in the Classroom] [PDF - Crib Sheet] [|Google News in the Classroom] [PDF - Crib Sheet] [|Google Search & Personalized News] [PDF handout from Chris Walsh]

Search Demo: 21st Century Skills
[|Book Search] [|Support] [|Scholar Search] [|Support] [|News Search] [|Support] [|Blog Search] [|Support] [|Web Search] [|Support]

[|Image Search] [|Support] [|Video Search] [|Support] [|Map Search] [|Support] [|Google SMS] [|Google 411]

[|Custom Search Engine] [|Support]

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**Get Even More Out of Google**
[|Web Search Features]

**5 Things You Need to Do __Right Now__**
1) Google Advanced Search - [|www.google.com] (Advanced Search) Quickly narrow your results by the order of words, file type, domain, etc. 2) Google “Special” Web Searches - [|www.google.com/help/features.html] Ex. “Population of China”, “weather 92262”, “3(12*7)/6”, “movie: san diego”, “define: love”, “beatles”, “Bill Clinton age” 3) Google Simple Messaging System (SMS) - [|www.google.com/sms] Ex. Send a text message to “466453“ with a simple text search like “starbucks 94598”, “oakland ca to san jose ca” 4) Google News – [|news.google.com] Customize your own newspaper from sources all over the world. Create RSS news feeds based on keywords. 5) Google Alerts - [|www.google.com/alerts] Have Google find the news and information you want and deliver it to you via email.

**5 Things to Play with __Soon__**
1) Google Search Preferences - [|www.google.com] (Preferences) Set the language, number of results, and safe search levels for your individual computer. 2) iGoogle - [|www.google.com/ig] Add content and rearrange it anywhere on your personal start page. Add Google Gadgets in a click. 3) Google Desktop & Gadgets - [|desktop.google.com] Index the files and your personal web history on your computer. Add Gadgets to your desktop. 4) Google Language Tools - [|www.google.com] (Language Tools) Search pages in a specific language. Instantly translate pages on the Web. 5) Google Custom Search Engines – [|www.google.com/coop/cse] Create your own safe, personalized search engine.

Additional Links
[|Google Hacks] - A good reference book. The first half or so includes some great tips... the rest gets a bit technical. [|Googlepedia] - Another good reference book to use when teaching particular applications.