1. Searching the Internet

2. What is the best search tool?

3. Choose your search tool
Book Movie Theatre Journal Article Shopping Software University Program Dictionary, Terminology Instructional Video
(Amazon.com)
&
ERIC
Ebay
Amazon
Yahoo Directory
Wikipedia &
Sunburst & United Streaming

4. Examples

5. Search Tips

6. and & or ignored by google
California OR Arizona
California AND Arizona
“Tall woman” + “Short Man”
Use the - sign to exclude
Jaguar -car

7. Use quotes
Be specific ...
Computer applications in high school math teaching

8. Try alternative word orders
“Best ways to prepare for a job interview” OR “How to prepare for a job interview”

9. 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.

10. Use the tabs

11. related:
will list web pages that are "similar" to a specified web page Related:amazon.com related:

12. Wildcards
"don't ask country * ask" “Isaac Newton discovered *”

13. Use a colon to search specific sites
Rezaei site:

14. File Type
"First amendment" filetype:ppt

15. Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) Adobe PostScript (ps) Lotus (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)

16. intitle: global warming
Intitle: Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title.

17. Screen Capture
JING
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 

18. Searching The Library

19. Click on Database by Topic

20. Choose Eric Database

21. Input your BeachBoard ID and Password

22. Use Advanced Serach

23. Input your search Criteria

24. The results would be something like these