LUC 2013 Googling for Answers

Googling for Answers

The Ins and Outs of Using Google Effectively

(as seen at the LLA 2013 Conference)

Sonnet Ireland Google GuruEarl K. Long Library University of New Orleans

LOUIS Users ConferenceOctober 3, 2013

What are you going to show us?

Some cool Google tricks to find what you need

Different aspects of Google

Quick Answers from Google

Defining a worddefine:term

CalculatingRemember PEMDASParentheses, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract

Converting unitsNumber unit in converted unit

Google can even Answer Questions…

When is daylight savings time

What day of the week is Christmas

Who won the Super Bowl

What is the capital of Vermont

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=When+is+daylight+savings+time&oq=When+is+daylight+savings+time&gs_l=hp.12..0i3l2j0l2.493.493.0.2196.1.1.0.0.0.0.74.74.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.IXkiHiAVK0Q&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beappsweb&gs_rn=5&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=rgYLtrFzEWh3bi1JcB3O8w&cp=33&gs_id=2&xhr=t&q=What+day+of+the+week+is+Christmas&es_nrs=true&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=What+day+of+the+week+is+Christmas&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beappsweb&gs_rn=5&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=TH5_xXHvEJBNJAKPjzzIcQ&cp=22&gs_id=2&xhr=t&q=Who+won+the+Super+Bowl&es_nrs=true&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Who+won+the+Super+Bowl&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beappsweb&gs_rn=5&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=xxI5EZ4UEiZdCuKPrWwklg&cp=30&gs_id=2&xhr=t&q=What+is+the+capital+of+Vermont&es_nrs=true&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=What+is+the+capital+of+Vermont&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

And tell you the status of your flight

I literally learned this yesterday at the LOUIS Users Conference in Baton Rouge.

Google the airline and the flight number:

United 1405

https://www.google.com/#q=united+1405

Did you know that Google can be used to limit to…

• A particular site• A particular type of file• A time period

You can also exclude words and search for related terms.

Site:

In Google, you can actually specify a particular type of site to search.

Site:

For instance, you can search for government information on any topic by using site:.gov.

Examples

Campaign site:.org (we’ll come back to this search throughout)

Now you give me terms, and I’ll search… .edu .org.gov

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Campaign+site:.org+&oq=Campaign+site:.org+&gs_l=hp.3...530.530.0.1323.1.1.0.0.0.0.41.41.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.03L89LnmRy8&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

Specific site:

You can also use Google to search a specific website…

Campaign site:pew.org

Search UNO site for tuition 2013Now Google… tuition 2013 site:uno.edu

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Campaign+site:pew.org+&oq=Campaign+site:pew.org+&gs_l=hp.3...602.602.0.1702.1.1.0.0.0.0.85.85.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.B0CJtOWxFJA&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=tuition+2013+site:uno.edu&oq=tuition+2013+site:uno.edu&gs_l=hp.3...705.705.0.1860.1.1.0.0.0.0.34.34.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.Ul4AbKxvPV8&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

Filetype:

Sometimes, you remember an awesome file that you ran across on a website…but you can’t remember the name or what site it was on.

Google can help with the Filetype search…

Filetype:

Examples

african american history filetype:pdf

twitter filetype:ppt

citation filetype:pdf

government citation filetype:pdf

Unlike the site search, the filetype search does not use a period between the colon and the file type.

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=african+american+history+filetype:pdf&oq=african+american+history+filetype:pdf&gs_l=hp.3...615.615.0.1786.1.1.0.0.0.0.66.66.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.vn8KCxwKQ_A&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=african+american+history+filetype:pdf&oq=african+american+history+filetype:pdf&gs_l=hp.3...615.615.0.1786.1.1.0.0.0.0.66.66.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.vn8KCxwKQ_A&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=twitter+filetype:ppt&oq=twitter+filetype:ppt&gs_l=hp.3...648.648.0.1792.1.1.0.0.0.0.61.61.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.ircGnFQG6j4&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=twitter+filetype:ppt&oq=twitter+filetype:ppt&gs_l=hp.3...648.648.0.1792.1.1.0.0.0.0.61.61.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.ircGnFQG6j4&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=citation+filetype:pdf&oq=citation+filetype:pdf&gs_l=hp.3...898.898.0.2176.1.1.0.0.0.0.37.37.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.HfhRVyxjhwY&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=citation+filetype:pdf&oq=citation+filetype:pdf&gs_l=hp.3...898.898.0.2176.1.1.0.0.0.0.37.37.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.HfhRVyxjhwY&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=government+citation+filetype:pdf&oq=government+citation+filetype:pdf&gs_l=hp.3...1254.1254.0.1794.1.1.0.0.0.0.79.79.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.19BZ6OPDGYI&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

Time Period ..

You can also limit a search using the time period search.

..

I have to admit that this doesn’t work the way you would expect. It limits to the search to those with that time period in the context of the page. To limit the time frame that an item was posted, use the Advanced Search options.

Example

Bill Clinton presidential campaign 2007..2009

Better with the Search Tools…

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Bill+Clinton+presidential+campaign+2007..2009&oq=Bill+Clinton+presidential+campaign+2007..2009&gs_l=hp.3..0i22i30l4.552.552.0.1768.1.1.0.0.0.0.65.65.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.UvloxBdHvaA&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

Excluding -

And back to…campaign site:.org

But we keep getting Wikipedia! I know…Campaign -wiki site:.org

Or, if you like other wikis…Campaign site:.org -site:wikipedia.org

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=campaign+site:.org&oq=campaign+site:.org&gs_l=hp.3...646.646.0.1759.1.1.0.0.0.0.61.61.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.82D1kXHod9k&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Campaign+-wiki+site:.org&oq=Campaign+-wiki+site:.org&gs_l=hp.3...973.973.0.2142.1.1.0.0.0.0.47.47.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.gHYlkwNm4gs&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#q=Campaign+site%3A.org+-site%3Awikipedia.org

Using Search Tools to Limit Your Results

And back to…campaign site:.org

Limit by timeLimit by types of resultsLimit by location

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=campaign+site:.org&oq=campaign+site:.org&gs_l=hp.3...396.4643.0.4910.18.18.0.0.0.0.180.1659.9j9.18.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.mtc7LqAzxhE&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

Advanced Search Screen

Demonstration

Advanced Searching of Images

Now you can search images with Google like never before…

Limit to Size, Color, Type, or Time.

Let’s do a search for Privateers…

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beappsweb&gs_rn=5&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=GBI3Nz-AkHuXOOKH5vgJGQ&cp=10&gs_id=2&xhr=t&q=Privateers&es_nrs=true&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Privateers&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

Other Google Searches

VideosState of the Union

BooksBasic Business Library

PatentsWindmill

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beappsweb&gs_rn=5&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=R3H1VgrR2lIpZg77dcZyag&cp=18&gs_id=2&xhr=t&q=State+of+the+Union&es_nrs=true&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=State+of+the+Union&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2I&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Basic+Business+Library&oq=Basic+Business+Library&gs_l=hp.4..0j0i22i30.704.704.0.1498.1.1.0.0.0.0.59.59.1.1.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.gGUkFpGdpzc&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=Windmill&oq=Windmill&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.439.3386.0.3906.10.6.4.0.0.0.101.411.5j1.6.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.5.psy-ab.0BPOFICjbYg&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.b2U&fp=96e0c465bf668db2&biw=1280&bih=899

The Other Google

Google Scholar

Option to search articles library mission statements

Or legal documentsworld wildlife fund world wrestling federation

http://scholar.google.com/

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=library+mission+statements&btnG=&as_sdt=1,19

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=world+wildlife+fund+world+wrestling+federation&btnG=&as_sdt=2,19

Other Google Sites

Translate

Finance

Offers

Drive

http://translate.google.com/

https://www.google.com/finance

https://www.google.com/offers

https://drive.google.com/

Even More…

Demonstration

http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/

Problems with Google

You cannot let yourself become complacent.

The moment you fall in love with a service and come to rely on it without thinking…

They discontinue it.

Examples?

Google Reader

iGoogle

GOOG-411

Google Notebook

Google Uncle Sam

Google Health

So what am I supposed to do?

Use Google services and enjoy them while you can.

If they get rid of something, it’s usually because they have incorporated it into Chrome.

And don’t think that you don’t need to keep up with new services elsewhere. You might need them in the future.

Bing! What works…?

Campaign site:.org


Campaign -wiki site:.org

African american filetype:pdf

http://www.bing.com/search?q=campaign+site:.org&go=&qs=HS&form=QBLH&pq=&sc=8-0&sp=1&sk=

http://www.bing.com/search?q=campaign+site:pew.org&go=&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=campaign+site:pew.org&sc=8-21&sp=-1&sk=

Bing!What doesn’t…


Bing!

What I like…

• Becoming more Google-esque

• Image and Video searches

• Pretty picture

What I don’t…

• Becoming more Google-esque

• Doesn’t bring up the same content as other search engines

• No working Advanced Search Option

Yahoo!What works…

Campaign site:.org


Campaign -wiki site:.org

African American history filetype:pdf

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Ani._qnm7xXHxXOOmtIvglCbvZx4?p=campaign+site:.org&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-900

Yahoo!What doesn’t work…


Yahoo!

What I like…

• “All Search Services” option

• Yahoo! Search Resources

• Yahoo! Advanced Web Search

• Yahoo! Finance

• Yahoo! Help

• Yahoo! Search Help

What I don’t…

• The Trending Now section

• Yahoo! Dating

http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/resources

http://finance.yahoo.com/

http://help.yahoo.com/

http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=product&y=PROD_SRCH&locale=en_US

Google Search Education

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation

Power Searching Courseshttp://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/

Thank you!

Sonnet IrelandHead of Federal Documents & Microforms

Earl K. Long Library, University of New [email protected]

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