Making the Most of Google Searches

Learn to Search Like a Librarian

What is Google?

INFORMATIONGoogle helps you find:

A Wise Googler…

are safe Googlers!

makes safe and smart choices.

Always use Google with your teacher or parents.

Who can make a website?

Anyone!

Sreelakshmi Suresh is the world’s youngest web designer.

How to Start!No questions or sentences.

NO: Who is the oldest American still alive? YES: oldest American person

Ms. Besse Cooper of Georgia is 115 years old.

What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Search Hint:tallest mountain world

Your Turn!

Mount Everest

29,035 Feet Tall

Try Another One!

How many muscles does a caterpillar have?

Search Hint:caterpillar muscles

4,000 Muscles

Humans have only

640 muscles!

One More!

What animal is immune to every disease? (He never gets sick. Not even cancer.)

Search Hint:animals immune all diseases

Sharks

Be Very Clear!Use exact words.

NO: craneYES: crane birdYES: crane machine

NO: Michael JordanYES: Michael Jordan basketballYES: Michael Jordan actor

Crane?Crane?

Crane?Crane?

Michael?

Michael?

Instant Conversions Google calculates measurements for you

in an instant.

EXAMPLES:

Search: 8 cups in ounces

What do you get?

Search: 5 feet in meters

What do you get?

Minus SignThe

Leaves out information in a search.

EXAMPLE: jaguar (animal) jaguar –car –Jacksonville –football

animalcar

football team

QuotationsUse quotes for very specific searches. EXAMPLES:

OBJECTS & PEOPLE

“Space Shuttle Discovery”

“Space Shuttle Endeavor”

“Alexander Graham Bell”

TITLES“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

Wildcard A * tells Google to fill in the blank.

Examples:Civil War cloth*(Civil War cloth, clothing or clothes)

Water Freez*(Water Freeze, Freezes, Freezing)

Special Signssite:

Searches ONLY where you tell it.

EXAMPLES:

volcanoes site:discovery.kids.com

Earth atmosphere images site:nasa.gov

What is your science fair topic?

Search Hint:

YOUR TOPIC site:discovery.com YOUR TOPIC site:nationalgeographic.com

EXAMPLE:water cycle site:discovery.comhoneybees site:nationalgeographic.com

Your Turn!

Citing your research is giving credit to the author for their hard work.

Author’s NameAny DatesArticle TitleTitle of the Website

Giving Credit

<---Article Title

<---Author

<---Website Title

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