Google Search Options

When we’ve got a question or need information quickly most of us turn to Google first. It’s quick, easy and (usually) reliable. There are some great features that Google has available beyond the basic search.

Don’t discount the regular features available on Google’s Search site. After putting in a term and clicking “search” your results page appears. Along the left side (or under the show/hide feature) there is the “Wonder Wheel” option. Selecting this will take your topic (in this example "baseball") and create a web with related terms like this:

If you click “Timeline” a searchable timeline of your topic appears.

http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/29542

This blog gives detailed information about Google Books, Google Blog Search, Google Scholar, and Google Patent Search.

Google Search Poster
http://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com/Google+Search+Options

This is an awesome Glog poster that was created with quick links to many of Google’s search options

Google Squared
I love Google Squared! This application takes the topic of your choice and places it in a matrix with various fields for easy comparison. You can add or delete columns and even start with a blank square. It is a great way for students to gain information that is meant to be compared. You can export the square or share it as well.

Google News Timeline
(from their site:) Google News Timeline is a web application that organizes search results chronologically. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline. Available data sources include recent and historical news, scanned newspapers and magazines, blog posts, sports scores, and information about various types of media, like music albums and movies.

This page will give you more information on how to use Google News Timeline.

Google Fast Flip
Google Fast Flip allows you to quickly “flip” through newspapers and magazine. There are general categories to choose from: popular, recent, controversial, and headlines. You can follow specific topics as well. An iphone app is available for mobile ‘fliping’.

More information on Google Flip

Google Alerts
Google can send you updates of their latest results based on your topic. You can select the topic and decide what type of information you want sent to you (news/blogs/discussions/etc) and how many results you would like, whether it’s as it happens, daily, or weekly.

Here’s a great Google for Teacher’s guide

This is a great slideshow that will give you more information on Google Tools for Schools

Google Tools for Schools

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