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Google Tools Update
Crandall Public LibraryStaff Training Day
May 13, 2010 Polly-Alida Farrington
Google 411
General Search Tips
Search Suggestions
Smart Results in Search Bar
Rich Snippets
reviews, people profiles, business listings, recipes and events.
Personalized Search with Stars
Real Time Results
Search Options sidebar
Content types & other limiters
Content Types
Search Limits
Results from Discussions
Sites with images
Page Previews
Timely Topic
Latest Results – real time stream
Last 24 Hours & Sorted by Date
Translated Search
Social Search
Results Nearby
Results Nearby – Custom Location
Related Searches
Wonder Wheel
Timeline
Images
Search Options - Images
Similar Images
Life Magazine Photos
Image Swirl (Google Labs)
image-swirl.googlelabs.com
Odds & Ends!
Google Book Store?
http://mashable.com/2009/10/15/google-book-store/
Fast facts & Feedback
translate.google.com
Google Search Stories
http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories
5 Awesome Ideas For Using Google Search Story Creator In The Classroom http://ow.ly/1Axo2
Subscriber Only Content
Music Search
Google Sets (Google Labs)
http://labs.google.com/sets/
Google Trends (Google Labs)
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
Visualize Trends
Twitter Search Results - Firefox Greasemonkey Addon
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43451
Google Cloudlet – FF addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9943
Lock Safe Search
Aardvark
Mobile Search!
Google Custom Search
Google Custom Search
KidRex
Data
Public Data google.com/publicdata/home
Public Data – embed code
Google Data Explorer
Google Scholar
Google Scholar
https://services.google.com/inquiry/scholar_email
Legal Opinions
Google News
Add a Section
Fast Flip View
Image View
Quotes
Search within Quotes Set
Easy limits by date
News Archives - Timeline
Really Old News!
More Google Tools
iGoogle
News Updates via RSS
Google Reader
An RSS Feed Reader
Sharing Items
Shared Items – Public Page
Create a Widget of Shared Items
Widget added to a blog
Connections
Calendar
Calendar
www.hawaii.edu/sciref/instruction/workshops.html
Registration Form
Google Docs
Feedback Form, Quiz, Survey
Feedback Form Results
Create New Form
Multiple Pages & Paths
Tons of Templates
Google Sites
Fast, flexible, free
School Library Site
Google Sites
http://sites.google.com/site/scrlctwitter/
Create a Site
Easy to Edit
Add Stuff!
Create a New Page
Add Gadgets – Insert Menu
More Gadgets
Announcements Page
Recent Posts –Insert Menu
Research Project Page
Blogger
mhms-media.blogspot.com/
Blogger
Template Designer
Picasa
Tags and more
Picasa - Collages
Finds Faces
Google Maps
Real Estate – 4 sale, rent, foreclosure
Traffic
Explore
Terrain
Augmented Reality
A new way to interact with surroundings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdmerwe/4051151050/
Creating Custom Maps
Export to Google Earth
Explore Related Info - Google Earth
World Events
Photos and Background Info
Lake Chad - Then
Lake Chad - Now
Historic Map Overlays
Measure Distances
Explore the Oceans
And the Sky
And Mars
Google Groups
Building Maker
Google Sketchup
Questions?
Ideas?
Share!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejake/286030741/
Thank you!
http://lib20.pbworks.com