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Powersearching Tools What It Does My Example

This document describes various search tools and techniques for powersearching, including using minus signs (-) to exclude terms, tildes (~) to include related terms, and "filetype:" to search for specific file types. It also discusses searching by site domain, reading level, images, voice, country, and validating websites through WHOIS and Wayback Machine searches. The tools allow refining searches to produce more targeted results.

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Powersearching Tools What It Does My Example

This document describes various search tools and techniques for powersearching, including using minus signs (-) to exclude terms, tildes (~) to include related terms, and "filetype:" to search for specific file types. It also discusses searching by site domain, reading level, images, voice, country, and validating websites through WHOIS and Wayback Machine searches. The tools allow refining searches to produce more targeted results.

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PowerSearching

PowerSearching
Tools
What it Does My Example
Searching with a
Minus (-)
Eliminates things you DON'T want in a search Ex: panda -express
Searching with a
Tilde (~)
Finds more things you DO want in a search, like
related terms to refine your search and/or
narrow your topic
Ex: panda -express ~endangered
Searching for a
Filetype
(filetype:)
Produces results of a specific filetype, like .mp4,
.pptx, or .pdf (movie, Powerpoint, document,
sound, etc files)
Ex: panda -express filetype:mp4
(This produced the cute panda
movie insert any type of file you
would like)
Searching for a
Certain Type of
Site (site:)
Produces results limited to websites with a
certain extension, like .edu (higher education) or
.gov (government) or .mil (military)
Ex: panda -express ~endangered
site:edu
Using Search
Tools for
Reading Level
Some sites may have really difficult reading levels
because they are made by college professors who
are doing very in depth research. Changing the
reading level makes your resources more
appropriate for your grade.
Add this on to your search when
you are looking at your Google
search page. Click: Search
Tools>All Results>Reading Level.
Then click Basic for the easiest
sites to read. Click Intermediate
or Advanced for higher level
courses and more focused topics
(AP Chem Research, etc)
Searching by
Image
Produces visually related images and related
information. Use this to get information about
images you find which depict events or results
concerning what you are researching. Often
times it can give you some really great related
specific information you wouldn't have found
Visit: images.google.com and you
can upload from your computer,
cut and paste a URL, right click on
an image and paste it into the
search box, or drag and drop an
image into the search box.
otherwise. (Ex: Women's Suffrage picture
and/or Red Panda picture)



Searching by
Voice
Produces search results on a topic and will speak
results back to you.
Click the microphone inside the
search box and say what you are
searching for.
(Ex: Leonardo da Vinci)
Search by
Country
Produces results tailored to a specific country OR
from sites that are published by that country.
List of Google Domains:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_do
mains
Ex: site:ru syrian conflict
vs
Ex: site:uk syrian conflict
vs
Ex: site:sy syrian conflict
*This can really help you learn
about everyone's point of view.
*Searching for
News on
VeryQuiet.com
Provides the latest world news current topics by
source AND allows you to search your own topic.
www.veryquiet.com
Ex: Click on Syria and watch it
highlight the articles that mention
Syria
*Validating a
website for
ownership
A WHOIS search provides a good way to find out
who exactly owns a domain. This means who
purchased it and what company or organization
they are associated with.
http://www.internic.net/whois.html
Ex: We used the website
www.martinlutherking.org and
focused on the Registrant Name
and Registrant Organization.
Then we searched them to find
out who they were and what they
were all about.
*Remember to take off the
"www." when searching.
*Validating a
website for
archives
The Wayback Machine provides a good way to
research the history of a website to see its
evolution over time. Using the calendar provided
once the site is entered, you can just click on a
date and see what the site looked like at that
time.
http://archive.org/web/web.php
Ex: We used www.wcsks.com &
www.martinlutherking.org and
clicked on the dates highlighted
to see previous versions.

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