Searching

Basic Search

Type your search terms in the omnibox/address bar & click enter. That will automatically search using Google, so you don't have to go to the Google website.

The essential digital literacy skill of searching online
Utilizing Filters and Modifiers in Search
Digital footprint - Google search and image search your name

Resources to help

Google Search Tricks Video: https://youtu.be/7ond5eF7L-I
11 Google Search Tricks
Google Search Help
Printable Guide to Searching
Optional Digital Citizenship Online Course (1hr): https://teachercenter.withgoogle.com/digital_citizenship/preview

Advanced Search

Go to http://www.google.com and type in your search keywords. You'll get a page that looks like this:

News: Clicking this will limit your search to only include news articles

Images: Clicking this will limit your search to only include images

Videos: Clicking this will limit your search to only videos

Maps: Clicking this will limit your search to only maps

Settings: Click here & select Advanced Search to search for phrases or languages, as you might in a library database

Tools: Click here to get the option of searching within a certain time period

Google Scholar

Go to https://scholar.google.com/

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.

Google Scholar Video: https://youtu.be/uF5CXAgBPGM
Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place
Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications
Locate the complete document through your library or on the web
Keep up with recent developments in any area of research
Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile

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