How to Search the Web

Jim Wright
jwright@kennesaw.edu

Georgia Learning Connections

• http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/

SAT Test Prep

• http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/prep_one/prep_one.html

Really Cool Web Search Tools

• Google - Of course you all know Google - http://www.google.com

But did you know you could:

1. Search just a site example
2. Search just a site for photos
3. Define a word define:
4. Use a calculator
5. Find a phone number or street address
6. Who has linked to you? link:
7. Certain File Types filetype:pdf

More on Google Features

• http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

Meta Engines

• http://www.dogpile.com/
• http://www.metacrawler.com/

Kid Safe Searches

• Yahooligans for Kids - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
• Ask Jeeves for Kids - http://www.ajkids.com/

Clusters Searches

• Vivisimo - http://vivisimo.com/
• Mooter - http://www.mooter.com/

Note this one for your graduate career!

• Citation Machine - http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php

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