Beyond the Basics Steven Butzel, Nashua Public Library , Yahoo IM: nashuaref
Google Web Search Phrase based searching +/- operators Filetype Site limiter Combinations Google Alerts
Google News Search
News source: CNN, New York Times, etc. Date range Location: country or U.S. state Occurrences: in headline, in body of article, etc. News archives for older than 30 days News alerts and RSS feeds Personalization options
Google Images
Content types: news content, faces Image size File types Color/Grayscale Domain SafeSearch
Google Maps
Directions Customize route Satellite images My Maps Featured content: gas prices, real estate, etc. Add landmarks, draw lines, etc.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets Word documents, Excel workbooks & PowerPoint presentations Online Collaboration (including chat) Online Publishing Can save the files in many formats: Word.doc,.rtf,.txt, PDF and HTML, and often Open Office formats Ability to review version histories
Google Reader
Aggregator for RSS feeds, etc. Create folders, tags Share items Star items
Google Book Search Title, author, publisher, subject, publication date Limit to library catalog If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.
Google Book Search, cont. “Reference Pages” for books (example Bill Clinton, My Life) –Access to reviews –Reference to and from other works (link to Scholar) –Other editions Add to “My Library” Find this book in a library
Others Google Calendar Google Labs –Google Trends –Google Suggest
iGoogle!!
iGoogle Where it all comes together Personalize Add “stuff”