google basics

Open and send an attachment

Searching the Internet

Book: p. 121-125

Search engines

• www.google.com• www.yahoo.com• www.ayna.com (Arabic)• www.altavista.com

Metasearch engine:www.mamma.com

Boolean Searching

KuwaitUniversities

NOT AND

OR

Boolean Searching

Restaurants

KuwaitFrench

Kuwait college library

1. No need to capitalize

2. kuwait OR college OR library

3. library and libraries and librarian (forms of word)

4. Ranks results in order typed (so type important words first)

I want to find all the college libraries in

Kuwait

kuwait ~college ~library

1. ~college finds colleges, universities

2. ~library finds library, information center, media center

3. library and libraries and librarian

4. Information about Kuwait

5. Ranks results in order typed (type important words first)

مترادفات

التعليم البحرين التطبيقي الكويتالسعودية

منهج

مدرسة

about Google – services and tools

Other Google Websites

scholar.google.com (journal articles)

books.google.com (full-text books)

Directory

دليل

• You want a recipe وصفة for chocolate cake.

• You want to know what a femur looks like.

• You want to know the Arabic word for femur.

• You want an article about Bluetooth.