Google Tips & TricksBY TRACY SMITH, APRIL 21, 2015

Today we will cover: Do more with Google

How to to do more effective searches

Discover some of Google's features you may not know about

Advanced Google Searches

Sources for more information

What can Google do? The Google we all know is a search engine; a quick way to lookup information. Google has become a verb. Want to know something? Just Google it…

Today we'll learn some tips and tricks and discover search Google's powerful search tools & resources hidden behind Google's simple search interface.

Cool Google Features

Calculator

Currency converter

Dictionary

Picture finder

Stock Quotes

Search full Text of Books

Translator

Package tracking, patent searching & more

Use quotes to search exact phrase

Do you know the name or exact phrase you're searching for?

Put it in quotation marks.

For example: Try searching for your name without quotes, then put your name in quotes and repeat the search. What happens?

Or try searching for song lyrics with quotes vs. without.

More ways to limit search results

For this simple search, I will show you how the search results can be refined.

For example, as shown in this image, results can be refined by grade level.

Search for missing letters or words with an * asterisk

Sometimes you may know what you want to search for, but not the exact word or phrase. Google’s solution: a Google Search using the asterisk as a wildcard, meaning you can substitute any word or letter for an asterisk and results containing all of the possible alternatives that the asterisk could stand for will be returned.

Google Calculator Did you know? You can use Google for calculations. Enter the math query into the search box, or, type "calculator" into the Google search box to open a calculator.

Google Calculator Try Google calculator by entering a mathematics query as in this example.

Google Currency Converter

Enter currency

conversion query

Use Google as your dictionary

Need to look up the definition of a word: type definition:word into the Google search box.

Google's Dictionary

Google Image Search & More

Size Color Video Usage Color Suggested Searches Video

Tip: Did you know you could make Google search for faces only, by adding a small bit of code? When you go to Google Image Search, enter your query and then add “&imgtype=face” (without the quotes of course) to the end of the URL.

Many ways to refine search results

Google Reverse Image SearchSearch by images by inputting URL or Upload your photo to try it.

Search results correctly Identify image contentand visually similar images also found.

Go to Google Image Search to begin!

Select camera icon

1.

Input image URL or

upload image & Search!

2.

Get Stock Quotes on Google

Query: Stock: (symbol)

Google Book Search

How to find Book Search?Look under the More tab.

Need a translation? Try Google Translate

https://translate.google.com Type URL:

Track a packageAll you need is a tracking number

If you have a gmailAccount, type “track package”Find out what Google knows…

Find the word on page Have you ever performed a search, clicked on the results, and wondered where my search terms?

TIP: You can search the page for the key word or phrase.

Windows PC users: Use CTRL-F to find a word on the page

Mac users: Command-F, aka Edit--Find

Alternatives: Chrome has a "Find in page" option in its browser menu.

Public Data on Google

Search, Visualize and Share data

www.google.com/publicdata/

Set a Timer

Did you know that you can use Google as a timer? Just type "timer" into Google to launch an embedded timer.

Note: May work differently on the Google App installed on mobile devices.

Search for related websitesDo you have a favorite website, and want to find similar websites. The related search finds similar websites to your favorites.

Searc by filetype Why specify? Suppose you know the document you are looking for will be in .pdf format, this could help narrow your search results.

Using search operators: Minus sign

Make your search more specific using search operators.

For example, the minus "-" sign instructs Google to eliminate certain terms from search results.

Sample search: Salsa –Dancing

No space between Minus sign and word.

Check movie times on GoogleClick on any of the Movies for local showtime information.

TIP: to check movie times for another city/location add that to the search.

Use Google to search for AppsClick or tap on "Apps" and the search for a timer is now a search for an App that works like a timer.

Site SearchSearch a specific web site for the information you need.