Finding Stuff on the Internet

What is the Internet?

The Search Engines

• Google • Search Globe• Bing• Zanran (data search; try “anglophone

montreal”)• Watchthatpage.com• Internet Archive/Wayback Machine• DarkTor

Searching Databases

• Data Catalogs• Data Hub• Get The Data

Search tips• Find a file type filetype:pdf• Search with a domain site:ca • Search within a site site:www.glasses.com• Seach exact phrase “search”• Exclude search terms inception -movie• Boolean search terms AND and OR• Reverse image search go to IMAGES and look for camera• Advanced search• Search for words in text allintext:alligator holiday, allintitle:flu shot,

allinurl: bbc news• Find news related to location fire location:paris• Wildcard A * in the hand is worth * in the bush• Look at http://www.google.ca/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html

The Filter Bubble