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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Powersearching with Google in Real Life
Powersearching with Google has taught my very usful tips for searching in everyday life. One of the most important features of Google that I found was the Google Books. This will be really helpful when I need to verify quotes and I don't have a book with me. I really like that a lot of the classic books are free so I can easily access them whenever I want to. Another really helpful feature is using the - sign in your search query. When you use the - sign then a term, it will eliminate all the results that contain that term. It has always annoyed me when I am searching for something and the majority of the results are just on useless information. I have already used this filter for many research projects and it will continue to be helpful in the future. The final part on power searching that I really like is the ability to find a whole phrase using quotes. This has been really helpful when I am looking for a song title and I only know a few lines in the song. I really found this power searching unit useful and it has helped me become a more efficient searcher.
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I also found the Powersearching course to be extremely helpful. I agree that filtering images by color and the OR shortcut have been very useful. Another one of the most useful things I have learned was all of the shortcuts. Such as, "define:", "weather:", and "time:". I also feel like a more advanced searcher.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Anna! I also found the Power Searching with Google extremely helpful. I agree that the Google Books is one of the most beneficial tools that we learned. I think that it will be useful when writing research papers. I also search for song lyrics, so I agree that the quotes will be helpful in the future!
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