During Google101 I learned about how you are able to limit your searches by using the "search tools" option I never noticed before. It lets you limit by post date, location, site options. I never knew that existed. I also learned about the "more" tab. I had seen it and clicked on it before, but never really paid much attention to it after one glance over. Seeing the "more" option in the more tab is great, because it allows for different search options and specific fields as well.
I definitely have a new appreciation towards Google searches. I mean, I used to before all the time, but it was always for more "mundane" uses rather than academic or scholarly ones. It is cool to know that Google isn't such a bad option to use if looking for scholarly articles or government documents. I also really enjoy the "blog search" feature.
I definitely will be using the whole "Blog search" tool more often, to find blogs for academic purposes and personal reading interests. It is cool to know that I can limit my searches by post dates and types of sites as well, for both academic and personal reasons. I will be using Google for more school work that I have in the future as well as how I used it in my current papers and research assignments for the class.
Learning about search strings was very interesting as it has helped me focus and be better and finding articles relevant to my topics. I am able to use Academic Search Premier more confidently and efficiently.
Hi Cory,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post on Google. Once you become a master of Google tricks, it is amazing what you can find. The other thing is that Google comes up with more tools to use all the time.
What is very sad is that Google used to have a special search page for government documents, and they got rid of it. I am not sure why...it certainly was quite a popular feature for me!
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum