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Advanced Web Searching for NTTIers
Paul BarronGeorge C. Marshall FoundationDirector of Library and Archivesbarronpb@marshallfoundation.orgpbbarron@gmail.com
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Presentation Objectives Review search syntaxes to search for:
Search terms on a webpage
Search terms in a specific location on a Web
document Title
Web address (URL)
Webpages from a source Specific website
Top Level Domain (TLD)
Country Code (ccTLD)
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Search Query Crafting and Format
Develop the query the way you think about and state your topic.
Format
Topic + Modifiers + Limiters to Refine Search Example
I need teacher and student resources on climate change for my middle
school class and I would like them to be from a U.S. Government agency.
I need teacher and student resources on climate change for my middle
school class and I would like them to be from a U.S. Government agency.
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Query Standardization
intitle:“climate change”
AND “teacher resources” OR “student
resources”
AND “middle school” AND site:gov
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Phrase Search
Phrase Search - A phrase is more than one keyword.
When the terms are enclosed within “double quotation
marks,” Google searches for them as exact phrase and
return documents with the terms in the exact order as
stated in the query.
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Related Searches
Related Searches provides
other suggested searches
related to your query.
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Wonder wheel Hub and Spokes
Let’s expand our “small
world” of George C.
Marshall-related sites.
Wonder Wheel visually presents connections between related
searches and your search term as an interactive diagram.
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Expanded Hub and Spokes
Search Exercise
Using Google’s Wonder Wheel, build your small world on a topic of interest to you.
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AND Boolean Operator
AND – Both of the search terms are
present in the Web documents.
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AND Boolean Expression
AND Boolean Expression - Retrieves Web
documents in which the phrases George C.
Marshall and Marshall Plan are present on the
webpage document.
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AND Boolean Expression Results
NOTE
All the results have the phrases George C. Marshall and
Marshall Plan in the snippet.
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Boolean AND Search for a Glossary
“special education law” AND glossary
“climate change” AND glossary
“k-12 education” AND inclusion AND glossary
"differentiated instruction" AND glossary
"school issues" AND glossary
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OR Boolean Expression
OR – At least one of the search terms
is present on the webpage document.
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OR Boolean Expression
OR Boolean Expression - Retrieves Web
documents in which at least one of the phrases,
Marshall Plan or European Recovery Program is
present on the webpage document.
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OR Boolean Expression Results
NOTE
Only the phrase Marshall Plan appears in the second result.
NOTE
Only the phrase Marshall Plan appears in the second result.
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We have learned about …
Google’s Search Tool Options
Finding search terms on a webpage
Single keywords
Phrases of more than one word
Enclose terms “double quotation marks”
to search for a phrase
Searching with Boolean expressions
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Let’s learn to find …
Search terms in a specific location on
the webpage.
Webpage title
Webpage address (URL)
Uniform Resource Locator - The standard
addressing scheme for the Web.
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Title Field Searching
“The document title … is
the single most important
element used by search
engines to index a
document.”Effective Internet Search: E-searching Made Easy!
Edward N. Baylin and Judith Gill
ISBN - 0921354053
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Title Field Searching
“Ask a group of search engine optimization specialists what
the single most important factor in determining high
rankings and most will vote for the mighty title tag.”The Truth about Search Engine Optimization
Rebecca LiebISBN 0-7897-3831-7
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Title Field Search Query
Title Field Search (intitle:) - Retrieves the
keyword or phrase in the webpage title which
appears in the title bar on the browser.
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Title Field Search Results
NOTE
The phrase George C. Marshall appears in the title
of the results.
NOTE
The phrase George C. Marshall appears in the title
of the results.
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Title Field Search Time!
intitle:“your topic” AND “teacher resources”
intitle:“your topic” AND “teacher resources”
AND “your school level”
intitle:“your topic” AND “teacher resources”
AND “your grade level”
REMEMBER
The syntax is intitle:
REMEMBER
The syntax is intitle:
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inurl: Search Query – Single Word Option
URL-limited Search (inurl:) – Finds a string of
characters in the Web address.
One word option
Dashed option
REMEMBER
The syntax is inurl:
REMEMBER
The syntax is inurl:
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inurl: Search Results – Single Word Option
NOTE
The results are from Austria and Germany.
Were those sites returned in other demonstrated searches?
NOTE
The results are from Austria and Germany.
Were those sites returned in other demonstrated searches?
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inurl: Search Query – Dashed Word Option
NOTE
The results are all different from those returned with the
one word URL query.
NOTE
The results are all different from those returned with the
one word URL query.
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inurl: Queries
inurl:k12 AND “your topic” AND “teacher
resources”
inurl:k-12 AND “your topic” AND “teacher
resources”
inurl:yourtopic AND inurl:k12 AND english
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Points about inurl Search Queries
Research by indicates that an inurl
search may return better results than a title field
search.
Words in the URL may be more descriptive of the site.
The inurl search query may return results that
would not be returned in any
other type of search query. inurl
I’m sui generis!
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We have learned to find …
Search terms on a webpage with:
Search terms in a specific location in the
structure of the webpage:
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Finding Webpages from a Source
Top Level Domain
Site-limited Search
k12.va.us
Specific website
Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLD)
Countries
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Top Level Domains (TLDs)
TLD Purpose
.com Commercial
.edu Educational
.gov Government
.mil Military
.net Network
.org Organization
.us United States
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Top Level Domains: Seen these?
TLD Purpose TLD Purpose
.aero Air-transport Industry
.biz Businesses .jobs Employment-related
.cat Catalan Language and Culture .museum Museums
.coop Cooperatives .name Individuals
.info Informational .proLicensed professional
service provider
.int International Treaty
Organizations.travel Travel Industry
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Top Level Domain-limited (TLD) Query
Top Level Domain-limited Search - Restricts
the results returned to only the top level domain
stated in the query; for example, the international
top level domain (int).
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.int Top Level Domain Results
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Your turn to limit to TLDs!
intitle:“your topic” AND “your school level”
AND “teacher resources” AND site:org
intitle:“your topic” AND “your school level”
AND “teacher resources” AND site:edu
intitle:“your topic” AND “your school level”
AND “teacher resources” AND site:gov
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Try one of these TLD-limited queries! intitle:"climate change" AND agreements AND protocols
AND site:int
intitle:"climate change" AND agreements AND protocols
AND site:info
"food banks" AND use AND unemployment
AND site:coop
obesity AND “elementary school students” AND site:info
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k12.va.us-limited Query
k12.va.us-limited Search - Restricts the results
to only Virginia DOE webpages or Virginia school
divisions with k12 in their webpage URL.
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k12.va.us-limited Search Results
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Your turn for k12.va.us-limited searches!
“your topic” AND “your school level”
AND “teacher resources” AND site:k12.va.us
“your topic” AND “grade level”
AND “teacher guide” AND site:k12.va.us
“your topic” AND “your school level”
AND “lesson plans” AND site:k12.va.us
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Try these k12.va.us-limited queries. “your topic” AND links OR resources
OR websites AND site:k12.va.us
“your topic” AND “your school level” AND links
OR resources OR websites AND site:k12.va.us
“your topic” AND “your grade level” AND links
OR resources OR websites AND site:k12.va.us
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Try these k12.va.us-limited queries. sol AND “your subject” AND “school level” AND
“practice tests” AND site:k12.va.us
inurl:sol AND “your subject” AND “school level”
AND “practice tests” AND site:k12.va.us
intitle:“sol practice tests” AND “your subject”
AND “school level” AND site:k12.va.us
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Check out this k12.va.us-limited search!
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Karen’s Resources for Teachers
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Site-limited Query
Site-limited Search - Restricts the results to a
specific website in the given domain; for example,
only the Marshall Foundation website.
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Site-limited Search Results
NOTE
All the results are Marshall Foundation webpages.
NOTE
All the results are Marshall Foundation webpages.
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Portaportal Site-limited Search
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Your turn for site-limited searches!
animations AND site:free.ed.gov
“world studies” AND site:free.ed.gov
“language arts” AND site:free.ed.gov
“earth sciences” AND site:free.ed.gov
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Check out this animations site!
http://tinyurl.com/2dfr7tj
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Speaking about animations, do you know about …
I am not a kid-safe image search engine!
www.picsearch.com
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To find animated images select …
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In advanced search select …
In the search query box enter your query for the image you want animated.
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The results page looks like …
Click the thumbnail
to see image details.
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To view only the animated image, select …
The image can be copied for
pasting into a PowerPoint slide or
saved to your desktop or a folder.
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To copy or to save the image …
Put the cursor on the image and right click the mouse.
Move the cursor to Save Picture As … or Copy.
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To paste the image into a PowerPoint slide …
Right click the mouse
and select Paste.
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Country Code-limited Search Query
Country Code-limited Search - Restricts the results to a
from country code; for example, China (.cn), Germany
(.de), Spain (.es) or the United Kingdom (.uk).
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.uk-limited Search Results
QUESTION
Notice that the sites returned
have .ac.uk in the URL. What
does .ac. signify about the site
host?
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Country Codes Source
http://tinyurl.com/yl587mhttp://tinyurl.com/yl587m
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Filetype-limited Query
Filetype-limited Search - Restricts the results
to a specific filetype; for example, PowerPoint
(ppt), Word (doc), or Excel (xls).
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PowerPoint Filetype-limited Search Results
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Time for PowerPoint-limited queries!
“question-answer relationships" AND filetype:ppt
“question-answer relationships" AND filetype:ppt
AND inurl:k12
"to kill a mockingbird" AND “teacher resources”
AND filetype:ppt
"to kill a mockingbird" AND filetype:ppt AND site:k12.va.us
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Recommendation
Begin with a title field search with Boolean
expressions and limited to a top level domain or a
specific website. intitle: “your topic”
Boolean expressions – Add specificity to your query
Top Level Domain – Who cares about your topic? Associations or Organizations - .org Educational Institutions - .edu U.S. Government - .gov
Specific website - site:k12.va.us
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