Wednesday, February 12, 2014
I have learned a lot for the classes on Google power searching. From class 1, 2, and 3 we have been taught a lot about how to narrow a search down to what you are really looking for. From class 1 a couple skills stood out that I could see myself using. First is the symbols you can add to your query (c++, #, $, @, %, Google+) I could see myself using the ($) symbol to look for items online I am interested in buying. When I’m online and I want to look up a certain person, I can use the (@) symbol. Also from class 1 section six thee use of Ctrl F is huge I will use that for the rest of my life. I will be able to find word that will help me on research projects and speed up the process of finding information on Google.
For class two I could see myself using the suggested searches on the side panel. I have used it before but, I never really understood what its purpose was. Along with this skill I will be trying to use more Medias. I never tried news for research, same with Google scholar I have never thought of them as good sources. I would definitely try them when I am given another research project. The define tool is useful and is way faster than going to dictionary.com to look up a word, I can just type it into the bar
In class three we learned about operators and how they affect the results of your query. We learned (site:, filetype:, intext:, OR, “quote”, minus(-)) we learned how to combine these operators to narrow down our searches. We can use the minus (-) to remove a term from our searches. We can search for two terms simultaneously by putting them in quotes and placing OR between them.
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