Searching

**Web Site:** @http://www.google.com
 * Google Searching[[image:googlelogo.jpg align="right"]] **

**21st Century Skill(s) the tool might addres**s: ICT Literacy, Information Literacy, Global Literacy

** Online Tips and Tricks When Searching in Google: **

 * ====== Tips - @http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/index.html ======
 * ====== @http://www.googleguide.com - this online tutorial is interactive & provides a great reference material. ======
 * ====== @http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html - tips and tricks for searching successfully and efficiently ======

**Enhanced Features:** > ====== ====== >> >>
 * **Wonder Wheel:** This enhanced feature in Google allows the user to access relevant search results in a more visual representation. This graphically representation helps students narrow down their search by selecting the term that most closely represents their search topic.
 * **Timeline:** use to narrow a search to a date range. (see below)
 * [|Option panel on the on the Search Results Pag]
 * **Domain Searching :** @http://www.marcaria.com/register/domain/domain_registration_multi_int.asp?custom=Country&gclid=CJbp1aCx56cCFZcC2godYBXC7g
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 * Refine a searches to work geographically — not just with keywords —
 * Sample search: Farmers Market in Ithica
 * **Search Images:** by Size, Color, Line Art, etc (see sample at right)
 * **Web Site:** @http://images.google.com or simply go to Google and click on the image link in the top left corner
 * **Search by Domain:** .edu, .com .uk
 * Web Site for country domains: @http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/
 * Example: site:cn +“stem cells” will bring back web sites on stem cells with web addresses in China.
 * **Google as a calculator**, converter, clock, thermometer, etc.
 * **Advanced Searching** Features