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Goo gle Pointers to Make You Ogle

Goo gle Pointers to Make You Ogle. Connie Ury, B.D. Owens Library. Strengths. One of the largest search engines Includes docs, pdfs & graphics Cached archive of Web pages as they looked when indexed—so the page may have changed when you retrieve it

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Goo gle Pointers to Make You Ogle

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  1. Google Pointers to Make You Ogle Connie Ury, B.D. Owens Library

  2. Strengths • One of the largest search engines • Includes docs, pdfs & graphics • Cached archive of Web pages as they looked when indexed—so the page may have changed when you retrieve it • Relevance based on sites’ linkages & authority as defined by Google • Additional databases: Scholar, Groups, Books, News, Directory

  3. Weaknesses • Limited search features • No nesting (putting synonyms in parentheses) • limited Boolean (no AND, can use OR) • no truncation (no word stemming) • Only indexes 1st 101 kb of a Web page & 1st 120 kb of a pdf (you may miss details of larger documents) • May search for plural/singular, synonyms, and grammatical variants without telling you • Not as comprehensive as its reputation

  4. Boolean & Other Tricks • Enclose phrases in quotation marks"voice over internet protocol” • Automatically assumes AND between search terms"voice over internet protocol" "federal communications commission" • + will force it to search for stop words (for, a, the) or for exact terms without variants or singular/plural"voice over internet protocol" "federal communications commission" +taxes • Use an * for missing words in a phrase"voice over internet protocol" "federal communications commission" * taxes • Use a ~ for synonyms or variants "voice over internet protocol" "federal communications commission" * taxes • Use a – to eliminate words"voice over internet protocol" "federal communications commission" -taxes

  5. Narrowing Your Search • intitle:intitle: “voice over internet protocol” • Add ideas intitle: “voice over internet protocol” "federal communication commission"

  6. Another Alternative • Google Scholar intitle:“gestural interfaces” • Use Google Scholar to locate articles from databases that are not available at our library—Search for the title of the article in quotation marks after the intitle: command

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