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Martha Hickson

12 Google Search Tricks You Probably Didn't Know | The Gooru - 26 views

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    Deciding between two similar items for your next purchase? Easily compare them by putting vs between two search terms. For instance, "f16 vs f/a-18". Ask Google to "Flip a coin" and watch as a virtual coin appears in your search results and gets flipped!
jenibo

7 Indispensable Google Scholar Search Tips Teachers Should Know about ~ Educational Tec... - 47 views

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    Google Scholar is definitely one of the best academic search engines out there.  The search part which I am sharing with you today is only a small part of what you really can do with Google scholar. There are actually several other features that are indispensable for academics and student researchers. Staring from today, I will be sharing with you some of the tips and ideas on how to unravel the hidden mysteries of Google scholar and tap into its full educational potential.
Anne Weaver

instaGrok | A new way to learn - 1 views

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    provides ideas for search terms to use
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    This site helps students come up with relevant search terms to use.
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    Search engine just for use in education.
Joyce Valenza

Search Sites Like... Similarities Engines: A Map of Search Engines To Find Similar and ... - 26 views

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    Robin Good's tools for finding similar sites
anonymous

7 Image Search Tools That Will Change Your Life | Brain Pickings - 57 views

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    Excellent search tools.  Great for visual learners.  Compfight even does Creative Commons.
Cathy Oxley

Top 10 Alternative Search Engines of 2008 - ReadWriteWeb - 0 views

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    This is a list by Charles Knight (AltSearchEngines editor) of the 10 best search engines of 2008. "Google has been compared to a luxury liner that turns around very, very slowly, whereas the startups are speedboats that can turn (or innovate) on a dime. I guarantee that if you try any of these top 10 alternative search engines of 2008, you won't come away saying, "Hey, that was just like Google."
Kathy Lawrence

Why We Desperately Need a New (and Better) Google - 13 views

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    "The feature that I've found most useful is the ability to order search results. If you are doing searches by date, as my students were, Blekko allows you to add the slashtag "/date" to the end of your query and retrieve information in a chronological fashion. "
Cathy Oxley

Google For Educators - Classroom Posters - 2 views

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    Classroom posters from Google
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    Free Google posters to print including Google Search tips, Google Book Search, Google Scholar and Google Earth.
jenibo

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need - 17 views

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    choose the best search for your information needs
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    Invaluable reference for students.
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    Awesome page for finding the correct search engine or directory for your need!
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    Match your search tool with your information need.
jenibo

Critical Search Skills Students Should Know - Edudemic - Edudemic - 49 views

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    Overview of search skills with links to Google News Tutorial and a TED talk on the consequences of CustomSearchResults.
Cathy Oxley

Conducting a successful literature search: A researcher's guide to tools, terms and tec... - 31 views

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    Conducting a successful literature search: A researcher's guide to tools, terms and techniques
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    You can look at my project https://cotozachoroba.pl/ Thank you
Dave Crusoe

Search Engines, Boolean Logic and Education: What's important for educators to know? - 0 views

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    An essay to explore how shifts in search engine technologies may have an impact on instructional practice and content -- would love thoughts & feedback!
Anne Weaver

Library Catalogue as One Stop Shop | READINGPOWER - 26 views

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    Excited about big steps forward in federated searching and ebooks on our library catalogue. Still have couple of single sign-ons to establish. However, this is establishing our catalogue as one-sto...
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    Excited about big steps forward in federated searching and ebooks on our library catalogue. Still have couple of single sign-ons to establish. However, this is establishing our catalogue as one-sto...
Diane Martinson

Librarian's toolbox [OCLC - Home] - 29 views

  • updates and offers Subscribe to OCLC distribution and discussion lists Home : Librarian's toolbox Librarian's toolbox Links to popular OCLC resources Our web statistics indicate that these links represent the most-often used resources on our web site. Logon links CatExpress Connexion FirstSearch and WorldCat Resource Sharing FirstSearch administrative module OCLC Policies Directory Online Service Center Product Services Web Usage Statistics WorldCat Registry WorldCat.org Cataloging tools Authorities: Format and Indexes Bibliographic Formats and Standards MARC Code Lists Connexion documentation Connexion Browser Connexion Client Dewey Decimal Classification updates Quality control Searching WorldCat Indexes Tools for cataloging electronic resources RDA and OCLC Expert Community FirstSearch tools Database information ECO publishers and journals Periodical titles Resource Sharing tools Custom holdings Document suppliers WorldCat
  • Librarian's toolbox Access pre-recorded Web sessions Subscribe to OCLC  updates and offers Subscribe to OCLC distribution and discussion lists Home : Librarian's toolbox Librarian's toolbox Links to popular OCLC resources Our web statistics indicate that these links represent the most-often used resources on our web site. Logon links CatExpress Connexion FirstSearch and WorldCat Resource Sharing FirstSearch administrative module OCLC Policies Directory Online Service Center Product Services Web Usage Statistics WorldCat Registry WorldCat.org Cataloging tools Authorities: Format and Indexes Bibliographic Formats and Standards MARC Code Lists Connexion documentation Connexion Browser Connexion Client Dewey Decimal Classification updates Quality control Searching WorldCat Indexes Tools for cataloging electronic resources RDA and OCLC Expert Community FirstSearch tools Database information ECO publishers and journals Periodical titles Resource Sharing tools Custom holdings Document suppliers WorldCat
Martha Hickson

How a Google Search Works in Only Half a Second [VIDEO] - 21 views

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    8-minute overview of the science behind the search engine.
Martha Hickson

How to Use Google Search More Effectively [INFOGRAPHIC] - 29 views

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    Great infographic on Google search strategies
Jeff Yasinchuk

How to solve impossible problems: Daniel Russell's awesome Google search techniques - 41 views

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    This has some great information. Can someone show me an educational sight or app that I can use to develop my own skills in google searching? Maybe a game with scenarios such as Daniel Russell poses in this post.
Donna Baumbach

Why Johnny Can't Search - a Response - 33 views

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