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Some Very Good Search Engines for Academics and Educators ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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In today's post I am sharing with you some interesting search engines ideal for folks in engaged in social science research.Researchers working in the fields of psychology, anthropology, and related subjects will find great results using these search engines.

Source: Online Universities

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In today's post I am sharing with you some interesting search engines ideal for folks in engaged in social science research.Researchers working in the fields of psychology, anthropology, and related subjects will find great results using these search engines. Source: Online Universities

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Excellent Mac Tips for Teachers on How to Annotate and Edit PDF and Images ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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April 17, 2016
If you have a Mac or iMac and you are not using the Preview app then you definitely are missing out on a lot things. Preview app combines the functionalities of two applications into a single editor: it allows you to view and edit both photos and PDFs. As a teacher, you can use this app to prepare your visuals and annotate PDFs to include in your instruction. Preview app offers you a bunch of powerful editing features all for free. In today's post, we are going to show you some the things you can do with this app:

I- For images, Preview app allows you to:

Open and view a variety of image types including: TIFF, PNG, JEPG, GIF, BMP, and PDF.

Select any area in the image and cut or copy it to clipboard

Select and remove backgrounds or other objects from photos (this daily works with PNG)

Add different shapes to your images(e.g rectangle. ellipse, or line tools)

Add text to your images

Adjust the colour and size of your images

To open an image using Preview, double click on it or drag and drop it into Preview icon in Finder or Dock. Once opened, you can use the tools in the toolbar to edit your images. Here is some of what you can do with these tools:
A- Change the magnification of your image using the scale up
and scale down

buttons
B- Click on 'Show Markup Toolbar' to open the editing toolbar then choose from the tools below:

C- Use this tool

to crop your image or copy/ cut a portion of your image into your clipboard. It offers different selection formats:

D- Use Instant Alpha tool

to remove a background or other objects from your image
E- Use the Rectangle

, Ellipse

or Line tools to add shapes to your image.
F- Use the Text tool

to add a text to your image. 'Click and hold the Text tool button to see additional options such as speech bubbles and thought bubbles.'
G- Use this tool

to adjust the colour of your image.
II- For PDFs, Preview app allows you to:

Open and view PDF files

Highlight selected areas in a PDF

Add a text box and type in your text in a PDF

Add shapes to a PDF

Add notes and comments

Fill in form blanks in a PDF

Insert your a digital image of your signature into a PDF

Here is how to annotate your PDF documents using Preview. Once you open your PDF in Preview, click on 'Show Markup Toolbar' to open the editing toolbar then choose from the tools below:

A-

Use this tool to select text in your PDF which you can then copy and paste into any text editor of your choice.
B-

: Use this tool to add a text box anywhere in your PDF
C-

: Use this tool to add a variety of shapes to your PDF
D-

Use this tool to add notes to your PDF
E-

: Use this tool to insert your signature into a PDF document

Check out this page to learn more about how to use Preview App

Source: Apple Support

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April 17, 2016 If you have a Mac or iMac and you are not using the Preview app then you definitely are missing out on a lot things. Preview app combines the functionalities of two applications into a single editor: it allows you to view and edit both photos and PDFs.

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: Anatomy of a Pathfinder: Aiding Your Students With Their Research

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When I ask students what they think a pathfinder is, they don't know exactly what it is. "Take apart the word", I say, emphasizing path-finder. "Finding a path?", one student replies. "You're on the right track," I respond. A good library pathfinder is created by the teacher-librarian and provides the list of print and non-print resources necessary for a particular topic. Most of the time, resources that are available in that library are shared in the pathfinder. Not all pathfinders will look alike and have the same print and non-print sources. ( See "Pathfinder Samples" on the page.) Teachers can request that a specific pathfinder be created to go along with the class curriculum, i.e. "Romeo and Juliet". That is a very specific pathfinder, as opposed to "Shakespeare". The Dewey Decimal number for the topic area should be listed so students know what area of the school or public library to find the book. ( Make sure you have good signage.) Below you will find Buffy Hamilton's excellent video tutorial on how she creates a pathfinder.

ABOUT PATHFINDERS
How to Make a Good Library Pathfinder- from Amy C. Mann, MLS

Pathfinders: Helping Students Find Paths to Information- article from Information Today, Inc.
Template for Creating Pathfinders

SAMPLE LIBRARY PATHFINDERS
ipl2 Pathfinder Listing- 10 categories
Methuen High School Pathfinders

Monarch Library Pathfinders- K-5

Pathfinder Index- for teens

Pathfinders for K-5 Graders

Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School- over 120 pathfinders!

Sand Creek Middle School Pathfinders

Springfield Township Library Pathfinders

Thematic Pathfinders for All Ages
Thomas Jefferson High School Research Guides

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When I ask students what they think a pathfinder is, they don't know exactly what it is. "Take apart the word", I say, emphasizing path-finder. "Finding a path?", one student replies. "You're on the right track," I respond. A good library pathfinder is created by the teacher-librarian and provides the list of print and non-print resources necessary for a particular topic.

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Reading Australia provides teaching resources for Australia's greatest literature and it's all mapped to the Australian Curriculum. Register for free today!

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instaGrok: An Education Search Engine for Students | Edudemic

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: Boolean Searches Explained

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The word "Boolean" is unfamiliar to most of my students. It sounds harder to understand than it really is. When you use Google's advanced search, it is really doing a Boolean search for you, yet most people will not venture to do a Boolean search on their own. I'm here to assure you that it's very easy to understand.

The image at the left shows the three Boolean operators used in an advanced search.

This illustrates a search of A NOT B.

This illustrates a search of A AND B.

Pretty easy, right? If you or your students would rather do a Google advanced search, click HERE.

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: Google Can Do That?

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It's true that Google is constantly adding and modifying things. One place we have all seen changes is in the Gmail account. One day, I opened up my inbox and found the black strip across the top was missing. So how do you get to everything like Google Drive, Blogger etc.? Look for the little box in the upper right hand corner which is made up of nine dots. When you click on it, there is a drop-down menu of all the apps. Here's a screenshot which shows where you can find everything:

Google search is another place where things were changed. Advanced search used to be located at the bottom of the page, but now things are easier with "Search Tools" added under the search box. Look at all the choices you have, including the time, ( past week, past month, etc.) and the reading level of the webpage.

You can now see that 82% of the articles are on the intermediate level, with 14% basic and 4% advanced. Click on your level and only those articles will appear.

On the left you can see an example of your choices for the currency of the article. If you would like a specific range of time you can choose "Custom range".

Search tools also work when you are doing an image search. Choose your size, type of image, ( clip art, photo, face, line drawing, animated) usage rights and whether or not you want the sizes of the images to be show.

When you choose to show sizes ( you can choose the exact size, if you like) it makes it easier to find what you need. For printing, choose "large"; for PowerPoint presentations or websites, choose "medium". There is also a choice for choosing icon size.

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It's true that Google is constantly adding and modifying things. One place we have all seen changes is in the Gmail account. One day, I opened up my inbox and found the black strip across the top was missing. So how do you get to everything like Google Drive, Blogger etc.?

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: 9 Sites to Aid Students with Pros and Cons

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Our eighth graders are currently involved in "The Great Debate", an exercise in public speaking. Students are assigned either the pro or con side to a particular topic, such as school uniforms, the selling of junk food in the cafeteria or the death penalty. At the completion of their research papers, they present their side in a debate, which is held in their classroom. The following list was created to aid them in their research.

Debatabase- you can browser topics alphabetically

Debate Central- "Debate Central is an online resource created and maintained by the National Center for Policy Analysis for high school students researching the nationwide high school debate topic."

Fact Check-project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania; " a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."

Times Topics- topic page collect news, reference and archival information, photos, audio and video files; goes back to 1981

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10 Search Engines For Kids That Help Out Parents With Safe Browsing

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You can say that kids are sufficiently net savvy these days. With a bit of parental help, they can easily grasp the basics of search. The commonplace searc

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lifestreamcenter.net -&nbspThis website is for sale! -&nbsplifestreamcenter Resources and Information.

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This website is for sale! lifestreamcenter.net is your first and best source for all of the information you're looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, lifestreamcenter.net has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for!

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: UPDATED: Want to Learn About Makerspaces? Here are 41 Resources

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Have I peaked your interest? Do you know about #makerspaces? As you are already well-aware, technology has dramatically changed the way we live our lives, and no other teacher has seen more changes than the school media specialist or teacher-librarian. According to NOTE: Due to the overwhelming popularity of this post, I am adding to the list of resources. ( Remember that I live in New Jersey, so you will see some NJ resources. Please share your own resources in the comments section at the bottom) makerspace.com, makerspaces are " community centers with tools. Makerspaces combine manufacturing equipment, community, and education for the purposes of enabling community members to design, prototype and create manufactured works that wouldn't be possible to create with the resources available to individuals working alone." Places where students can find makerspaces include their school library, public library or local museum. Makerspace.com provides a directory of makerspaces 6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace- from Edutopia HERE and maker community groups
7 Things You Should Know About Makerspaces- PDF 21st Century Learning Lab Locations- a dozen listed covering the United States

AASL Essential Links: Library Makerspaces- list of articles, books, websites
Designing a School Makerspace- from Edutopia
DIY- kids can post their creations on the site; app available HERE HERE. Does your school have a makerspace you would like to showcase? If so, drop me an email: jgreller (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

Instructables- " a place that lets you explore, document, and share your creations."

Make- a digital magazine focusing on DIY projects with step-by-step instructions an effort that leverages DIY culture, digital practices, and educational research to advocate for placing making, creating, and designing at the core of educational practice."

Makercamp on Google- camp begins July 7; students can find a campsite near them mission is to create more opportunities for all young people to develop confidence, creativity, and spark an interest in science, technology, engineering, math, the arts, and learning as a whole through making." HERE

Maker Faire- " The Greatest Show and Tell on Earth"; find Maker Faire materials LiveBinder HERE

Makerspace Educational Library Ideas- LiveBinder
Makerspaces as Classrooms: Schools and Hardware Shops Partner
a pop-up Makerspace - part shop, part workshop, part exploratorium."

New Jersey Makerspace Association
Planning a Makerspace with Teens- PDF presentation
School Library Makerspaces- presentation by Leslie B. Preddy, at AASL conference in November 2013
Some Thoughts on Knowledge Production, Makerspaces and Libraries- from the Official ALA Washington Office Blog
Being a member means joining our online community, participating in events and activities, and contributing to the growth of these spaces overall by sharing your experiences and ideas." The Space Federation- you space can join for free;
Spark Fun- online tutorials, lessons on reading schematics and much more
Starting a #MakerEd Class for Middle School- for grades 6-7 science classes
Strengthening Communities with Makerspaces- Jeff Sturges' chat covers many questions you might have about makerspaces
"everything cool and worth making"
Thingiverse-
Want to Start a Makerspace at School? Tips to Get Started
Worlds of Making- New Milford NJ media specialist Laura Fleming describes her school's maker space
"digital designs for physical objects" Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show- young Sylvia offers video tutorials on " NJ Librarians Get $116,00 in Makerspace Grants The Makery- "

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The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians places great emphasis on the work of education to be realistic and responsive to new local, regional and global demands (MEETYA, 2008). This emphasis is at the heart of Brisbane Catholic Education's Learning and Teaching Framework (site accessible only to Brisbane Catholic Education Employees).

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Top Ten Ways to Research (and why they can make or break a book) by Kathryn Erskine | Nerdy Book Club

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1. Books Sure, it sounds old fashioned but there are millions of them from archery to Zen, kid books to scholarly, cookbooks to NOOK books. In researching the Middle Ages, I read treatises on weapons and battles, medieval medicine, standards of living, even a fourteenth century book on housekeeping (did you know you can kill...

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: Guest Post: Using Research Ready

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As a teacher librarian, flipping our instruction has been made easy with ResearchReady, by Imagine Easy Solutions. This is a remarkable tool! There are pre-made courses easily customizable to adapt to every co-teaching opportunity. You can also write your own courses about anything you want to teach the kids. Videos, pictures, documents, etc., can be added to any page for instruction. The student management section makes organizing classes a snap. Viewing student performance gives immediate formative data to pinpoint students who need more help. This component is priceless and Imagine Easy has created an effortless way to construct meaningful assessments.

This year, to introduce new information or review skills they had been working on, my middle school students were asked to complete the online courses before beginning their projects. They would login and complete the coursework at home or at school. They were able to work at their own pace giving them the ability to spend more time on skills that were unfamiliar to them. These courses promoted more confidence, excellence and independence in the research process. I also wrote courses specific to our library like how-to use EasyBib, how-to use our databases, and what Career Day was all about for our 8 th graders.

ResearchReady is geared for middle and high schools, but is worth a look by anyone interested in flipping their instruction.

Northbrook/Glenview School District 30

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As a teacher librarian, flipping our instruction has been made easy with ResearchReady, by Imagine Easy Solutions. This is a remarkable tool! There are pre-made courses easily customizable to adapt to every co-teaching opportunity. You can also write your own courses about anything you want to teach the kids.

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Using search operators - Google Apps Vault Help

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When you search in Google Vault, you can include search operators in the Terms field to narrow or broaden your search. Vault supports multiple operators, including: Boolean operators (AND, OR, and

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The following table lists the search operators that work with each Google search service. Click on an operator to jump to its description - or, to read about all of the operators, simply scroll down and read all of this page.

The following is an alphabetical list of the search operators. This list includes operators that are not officially supported by Google and not listed in Google's online help.

Note: Google may change how undocumented operators work or may eliminate them completely.

Each entry typically includes the syntax, the capabilities, and an example. Some of the search operators won't work as intended if you put a space between the colon (:) and the subsequent query word. If you don't care to check which search operators require no space after the colon, always place the keyword immediately next to the colon. Many search operators can appear anywhere in your query. In our examples, we place the search operator as far to the right as possible. We do this because the Advanced Search form writes queries in this way. Also, such a convention makes it clearer as to which operators are associated with which terms.

allinanchor:

Anchor text is the text on a page that is linked to another web page or a different place on the current page. When you click on anchor text, you will be taken to the page or place on the page to which it is linked. When using allinanchor: in your query, do not include any other search operators. The functionality of allinanchor: is also available through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

If you start your query with allintext:, Google restricts results to those containing all the query terms you specify in the text of the page. For example, [ allintext: travel packing list ] will return only pages in which the words "travel," "packing," and "list" appear in the text of the page. This functionality can also be obtained through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

allintitle:

The title of a webpage is usually displayed at the top of the browser window and in the first line of Google's search results for a page. The author of a website specifies the title of a page with the HTML TITLE element. There's only one title in a webpage. When using allintitle: in your query, do not include any other search operators. The functionality of allintitle: is also available through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

In Image Search, the operator allintitle: will return images in files whose names contain the terms that you specify.

In Google News, the operator allintitle: will return articles whose titles include the terms you specify.

If you start your query with allinurl:, Google restricts results to those containing all the query terms you specify in the URL. For example, [ allinurl: google faq ] will return only documents that contain the words "google" and "faq" in the URL, such as "www. google.com/help/ faq.html". This functionality can also be obtained through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

In URLs, words are often run together. They need not be run together when you're using allinurl:.

In Google News, the operator allinurl: will return articles whose titles include the terms you specify.

The Uniform Resource Locator, more commonly known as URL, is the address that specifies the location of a file on the Internet. When using allinurl: in your query, do not include any other search operators. The functionality of allinurl: is also available through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences.

If you include author: in your query, Google will restrict your Google Groups results to include newsgroup articles by the author you specify. The author can be a full or partial name or email address. For example, [ children author:john author:doe ] or [ children author:doe@someaddress.com ] return articles that contain the word "children" written by John Doe or doe@someaddress.com.

Google will search for exactly what you specify. If your query contains [ author:"John Doe" ] (with quotes), Google won't find articles where the author is specified as "Doe, John."

The query will display Google's cached version of a web page, instead of the current version of the page. For example, [ cache:www.eff.org ] will show Google's cached version of the Electronic Frontier Foundation home page.

On the cached version of a page, Google will highlight terms in your query that appear after the cache: search operator. For example, [ cache:www.pandemonia.com/flying/ fly diary ] will show Google's cached version of Flight Diary in which Hamish Reid's documents what's involved in learning how to fly with the terms "fly" and "diary" highlighted.

If you start your query with define:, Google shows definitions from pages on the web for the term that follows. This advanced search operator is useful for finding definitions of words, phrases, and acronyms. For example, [ define: blog ] will show definitions for "Blog" (weB LOG).

This is an undocumented alias for filetype:.

If you include filetype:suffix in your query, Google will restrict the results to pages whose names end in . For example, [ web page evaluation checklist filetype:pdf ] will return Adobe Acrobat pdf files that match the terms "web," "page," "evaluation," and "checklist." You can restrict the results to pages whose names end with pdf and doc by using the OR operator, e.g. [ email security filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc ].

When you don't specify a File Format in the Advanced Search Form or the filetype: operator, Google searches a variety of file formats; see the table in File Type Conversion.

If you include group: in your query, Google will restrict your Google Groups results to newsgroup articles from certain groups or subareas. For example, [ sleep group:misc.kids.moderated ] will return articles in the group misc.kids.moderated that contain the word "sleep" and [ sleep group:misc.kids ] will return articles in the subarea misc.kids that contain the word "sleep."

This is an undocumented alias for info:.

The query will present some information about the corresponding web page. For instance, [ info:gothotel.com ] will show information about the national hotel directory GotHotel.com home page.

This functionality can also be obtained by typing the web page URL directly into a Google search box.

The query intext:term restricts results to documents containing in the text. For instance, [ Hamish Reid intext:pandemonia ] will return documents that mention the word "pandemonia" in the text, and mention the names "Hamish" and "Reid" anywhere in the document (text or not).

Putting intext: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintext: at the front of your query, e.g., [ intext:handsome intext:poets ] is the same as [ allintext: handsome poets ].

The query intitle:term restricts results to documents containing in the title. For instance, [ flu shot intitle:help ] will return documents that mention the word "help" in their titles, and mention the words "flu" and "shot" anywhere in the document (title or not).

Putting intitle: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintitle: at the front of your query, e.g., [ intitle:google intitle:search ] is the same as [ allintitle: google search ].

If you include inurl: in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the URL. For instance, [ inurl:print site:www.googleguide.com ] searches for pages on Google Guide in which the URL contains the word "print." It finds pdf files that are in the directory or folder named "print" on the Google Guide website. The query [ inurl:healthy eating ] will return documents that mention the words "healthy" in their URL, and mention the word "eating" anywhere in the document.

Putting inurl: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allinurl: at the front of your query, e.g., [ inurl:healthy inurl:eating ] is the same as [ allinurl: healthy eating ].

In URLs, words are often run together. They need not be run together when you're using inurl:.

The query shows pages that point to that . For example, to find pages that point to Google Guide's home page, enter:

[ link:www.googleguide.com ]

Note: According to Google's documentation, "you cannot combine a link: search with a regular keyword search."

Also note that when you combine link: with another advanced operator, Google may not return all the pages that match. The following queries should return lots of results, as you can see if you remove the -site: term in each of these queries.

Find links to the Google home page not on Google's own site.

[ link:www.google.com -site:google.com ]

Find links to the UK Owners Direct home page not on its own site.

[ link:www.www.ownersdirect.co.uk -site:ownersdirect.co.uk ]

Two-letter US state abbreviations match individual US states, and two-letter Canadian province abbreviations (like NS for Nova Scotia) also work - although some provinces don't have many newspapers online, so you may not get many results. Some other two-letter abbreviations - such as UK for the United Kingdom - are also available.

If you include movie: in your query, Google will find movie-related information. For examples, see Google's Blog.

The query will list web pages that are similar to the web page you specify. For instance, [ related:www.consumerreports.org ] will list web pages that are similar to the Consumer Reports home page.

You can also find similar pages from the "Similar pages" link on Google's main results page, and from the similar selector in the Page-Specific Search area of the Advanced Search page. If you expect to search frequently for similar pages, consider installing a GoogleScout browser button, which scouts for similar pages.

If you include site: in your query, Google will restrict your search results to the site or domain you specify. For example, [ admissions site:www.lse.ac.uk ] will show admissions information from London School of Economics' site and [ peace site:gov ] will find pages about peace within the .gov domain. You can specify a domain with or without a period, e.g., either as .gov or gov.

Note: Do not include a space between the "site:" and the domain.

You can use many of the search operators in conjunction with the basic search operators +, -, OR, and " ". For example, to find information on Windows security from all sites except microsoft.com, enter:

[ windows security -site:microsoft.com ]

You can also restrict your results to a site or domain through the domains selector on the Advanced Search page.

To find a news source ID, enter a query that includes a term and the name of the publication you're seeking. You can also specify the publication name in the "news source" field in the Advanced News Search form. You'll find the news source ID in the query box, following the source: search operator. For example, let's say you enter the publication name Ha'aretz in the News Source box, then you click the Google Search button. The results page appears, and its search box contains [ peace source:ha_aretz__subscription_ ]. This means that the news source ID is ha_aretz__subscription_. This query will only return articles that include the word "peace" from the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.

If you enter a query with the word weather and a city or location name, if Google recognizes the location, the forecast will appear at the top of the results page. Otherwise, your results will usually include links to sites with the weather conditions and forecast for that location.

Since weather is not an advanced operator, there is no need to include a colon after the word. For example, [ weather Sunnyvale CA ] will return the weather for Sunnyvale, California and [ weather 94041 ] will return the weather for the city containing the zip code (US postal code) 94041, which is Mountain View, California.

The Google Guide Advanced Operator Quick Reference ( www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html) provides a nice summary of the search operators grouped by type. It includes search operators not yet documented by Google, e.g., allinanchor:, , , , , , , , , , and .

Note: Google may change how undocumented operators work or eliminate them completely. If you notice problems or changes in Google's undocumented operators, please let us know.

This problem set is designed to give you experiences with search operators and practice with specifying more precisely what you're seeking by using the Advanced Search form. For hints and answers to selected problems, see the Solutions page.

1. Use the site: operator to search for armchairs on IKEA's site, www.ikea.com.

2. Use the Advanced Search form to find the page whose title is "Some Ways to Detect Plagiarism." When the title is entered in lowercase letters, the query box on the results page contains [allintitle: "ways to detect plagiarism" ].

3. Find all pages on google.com but not on answers.google.com nor on directory.google.com whose titles include the words "FAQ" or "help."

4. Use the link: operator to see who links to googleguide.com, your company's website, or your favorite website.

5. Find pages whose titles include surfing that are not about surfing the World Wide Web.

6. Find out where the upcoming international conference on AIDS is being held.

7. How can you search for [ google help ] on Google Guide, www.googleguide.com, and on the UC Berkeley library website, www.lib.berkeley.edu?

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This page was last modified on: Sunday February 26, 2012

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The following table lists the search operators that work with each Google search service. Click on an operator to jump to its description - or, to read about all of the operators, simply scroll down and read all of this page. The following is an alphabetical list of the search operators.