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And Beyond,[object Object],How to Find What You’re Looking for on the Internet,[object Object],A presentation at,[object Object],The Wadhams Free Library,[object Object],by Sara Kelley-Mudie,[object Object],June 15, 2011,[object Object]
?,[object Object],Google doesn’t understand “natural language”,[object Object],Where and how you search can be as important as what you search for,[object Object]
What are you really looking for?,[object Object],Words that might be there (or will narrow your result),[object Object],Words that will definitely be on a website with the answer to your question,[object Object],If at first you don’t succeed. . .  search, search again!,[object Object]
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Google is the new spell check,[object Object]
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Limit to government sites—,[object Object],add site:gov to your search,[object Object]
Limit to edu sites—,[object Object],add site:edu to your search,[object Object]
A word on domain types,[object Object],www.google.com,[object Object],Domain,[object Object],Restricted domains,[object Object],Unrestricted domains,[object Object],.edu,[object Object],Limited to post-secondary accredited educational institutions,[object Object],.gov,[object Object],Limited to U.S. government agencies,[object Object],.mil,[object Object],Limited to use by the U.S. military,[object Object],.com,[object Object],.org,[object Object],.info,[object Object],.net,[object Object],Anyone can register a site with one of these domains,[object Object],There are MANY other domains, including country-specific domains (ex. .au, .ca,[object Object]
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Search within a particular site,[object Object]
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Limit results by eliminating keywords,[object Object]
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Picture Perfect,[object Object],Image: 'Across the Chinese Countryside' http://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/1341027869,[object Object]
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The power of the sidebar,[object Object]
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The Wonder wheel can be a great way to narrow search results ,[object Object]
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Use related search terms to see what keywords other searchers used for the same topic,[object Object]
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Image: 'The droids we're googling for' http://www.flickr.com/photos/49462908@N00/3951143570,[object Object]
Find the time,[object Object]
Do the math,[object Object]
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Conversions,[object Object]
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Game in progress,[object Object]
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Local results,[object Object]
Business type + zip code,[object Object]
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Wikipedia 101,[object Object]
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From Popes to pop culture,[object Object]
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Comparing two revisions,[object Object]
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Handling vandalism,[object Object],Over 400 edits in one day,[object Object]
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All resources (including this slideshow) available at:,[object Object],http://bit.ly/googleandbeyond ,[object Object]

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