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Stacy SmithInstructional Technology Specialist
Winfield Public Schools
How Does Work?
Search
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Advanced Search
Search by:•Reading level•File Type•Language
Search Tips & Tricks• Keep it simple…Less is more
• Don’t worry about spelling
• Don’t use punctuation
• Search is not case sensitive
• Use descriptive words
Tips and Tricks
• Think of it like a large card catalog that may eventually contain every book ever in print
• At the Google Home page click “More” and then “Books”
• Or go to http://books.google.com
Book Search
• Searches only scholarly works-journals, articles, theses, books
• From the Google Home page click on “More” and then “Scholar”
• Of go to http://scholar.google.com
Scholar Search
• This is only available in Google Chrome
• Allows you to speak rather than type what you want to search
Voice Search
Search with Voice
• Select an image and search by that image
• Searches for related relevant information
Search by an image
Search With an Image
For Educators
• Allows you to access Teacher Community, and Google Teacher Academy
• Find suggested tools for your classroom• Go to http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html
In Education
• Resources• Training• Lesson Plan Search
http://www.google.com/edu/index.html
Custom Search
• Allows you to create a Google Search that only searches sites that you ask it to.
• Great for the classroom!
• Go To http://google.com/coop/cse
More
• Much much more to offer.• Not all can be used at school• Many are still a beta version • Too see everything Google has to
offer go to Google’s Home Page, click on “More” and click on “Even More”
http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/index.html