GOOGLE TIPS

TO FIND AN EXACT QUOTE

• Put quotation marks around the words

• "Ask not what your country can do for you"

TO FIND THE FULL TEXT OF A DOCUMENT

• Try adding "full text" to your search

• "Alice in Wonderland" "full text"

TO EXCLUDE PAGES FROM THE RESULTS

• Use a minus sign.

• Consider looking for data on dolphins. You may get many hits for the Miami Dolphins football team. To exclude these pages, use the minus sign:

• dolphins -football

TO DO AN OR SEARCH

• Google does an AND search by default (looks for pages with ALL of your words). An "or" search requests one search term or the other, but not necessarily both. Use the word "OR" in CAPITAL LETTERS.

• "President Kennedy" OR JFK

• "Falklands" OR "Malvinas"

TO GET A DEFINITION

• Use the word “define” followed by a colon and the word you want:

• define:maquette

TO FIND AN ADDRESS

• Enter the name and the city:

• Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA

• While you're there, take a walk around Sioux City! Click on the gold person and you will be taken to "street view". Drop him on any street that has a blue line drawn on it.

TO DO A REVERSE PHONE LOOKUP

• Enter the phone number:

• 712-279-5321

AREA CODE LOOKUP

• Enter the area code:

• 712

ZIP CODE LOOKUP (WITH MAP)

• Enter the ZIP code:

• 51104

TO FIND BUSINESSES IN AN AREA

• Enter the business type followed by the town name or ZIP code:

• Pizza 51104

• Pizza Marcus, Iowa

TO LOOK UP WEATHER FORECASTS

• Enter the word “weather” followed by the city name or ZIP code

• Weather 51104

• Weather New York

TO LOOK UP MOVIE INFORMATION

• Enter the word “movies” followed by the ZIP code or the town name:

• Movies 51104

• Movies Sioux City

TO GET THE TIME ANYWHERE

• Enter the word “time” followed by the location:

• Time in London

PRO SCORES AND SCHEDULES

• To get pro scores and schedules, enter the name of the team:

• Minnesota Vikings

CALCULATIONS

• Calculator• Google is a calculator. Type in any expression using +, -, *

(multiplication), / (division), and ^ (exponentiation). It uses parentheses, too:• (2+4)*3

• Unit conversion• 60 miles per hour to furlongs per fortnight

• Convert currency • 100 Euros to USD

RESTRICTING RESULTS TO A SINGLE WEB SITE• To limit search results to pages that come from the

Microsoft web site, add the site operator to your search. For example, to find information on setting the margins in a Word document, but only results on the Microsoft web site:• site:Microsoft.com Word margins• You cannot put a space after the colon.

• Order doesn't matter. The following is also valid:• Word margins site:Microsoft.com

RESTRICTING RESULTS TO A SINGLE FILE TYPE

• To limit search results to a particular type of file, use the filetype (file extension) operator. For example, to find only PDF files with information on Word margins:

• Word margins filetype:pdf

RESTRICTING RESULTS TO A SINGLE DOMAIN TYPE

• To limit your search to just government sites:

• Word margins site:gov

TO FILTER RESULTS BY DATE

• First, click on Search tools. Then, click on Any time. Select the desired date option.

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IMAGES: TO SEARCH FOR AN IMAGE

• Go to Google and click on Images to search for an image.

• Options:• You can drag and drop an image from the web or your computer into

the search box. • You can click the camera icon, then click on "Upload an image." Find

the image you want to search for.• You can right-click an image on the web and copy the web address.

Click on the camera icon, and "Paste image URL."• To search by image even faster, download the Chrome extension or

the Firefox extension. With the extension installed, simply right-click an image on the web to search Google with that image.

IMAGES: TO FILTER BY IMAGE SIZE

IMAGES: TO FILTER BY IMAGE COLOR

IMAGES: TO FILTER BY IMAGE FILE TYPE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION

• If you find yourself on a foreign language site, Google will translate text from one language to another. Right-click on the web page to display the popup menu. Then click on Translate to English. Google will translate from the original language to the language you request.

TO FIND WHO LINKS TO A PAGE

• Go to www.Alexa.com. Click on the Site Info tab.

TO FIND OUT WHO OWNS A PAGE

• Check owner at: www.godaddy.com or easywhois.com.