Google Search Tips

Type in search box Will result in Notes

United States of America Sites that contain united, states, Approximately 81 million search
and America in the content results
“ “ “United States of America” Sites that contain only ‘United Approximately 30 million search
States of America’ as a phrase, in results
that order
+ “United States of America” +constitution Sites that contain information on
the ‘United States of America’ and
the constitution
- “United States of America” –Alabama Sites that contain information on
the “United States of America” but
NOT Alabama
.. “United States of America” 1920..1950 Sites that contain information on
the “United States of America”
between the years 1920 and 1950
intitle: intitle: Cullman Sites that have ‘Cullman’ as part of
the title of the webpage
inurl: inurl:Cullman Sites that have ‘Cullman’ in the web
address
site: Ducks site:nationalgeographic.com All pages on National Geographic’s Searches ONE site for content in that
website that have to do with ducks website
related: Related:nationalgeographic.com Sites that are similar to National
Geographic’s website
* * language Sites about sign language, foreign This is a wildcard that actually
language, programming language, expands your search results, rather
etc. than limiting them
filetype: Holocaust filetype:ppt Sites that contain a PowerPoint Use any file type to search (see list
about the Holocaust below)

Click the ‘+’ next to Show Options (right)

A new menu on the left will appear, giving you several

search options. Two of those are Wonder Wheel and
Timeline. Great tools!

File types:

avi = Audio/Video Interleave pdf = Adobe PDF document bmp = Bitmap image file

pps = PowerPoint show ppt = PowerPoint doc = Word document

flv = Flash video file gif = Graphics image file wav = Wave audio file

jpg = JPEG image file wma = Windows Media audio wmv = Windows media video

mov = Quicktime movie file xls = Excel document mp3 = MP3 audio file

**Trick: Right click and select open in a new tab or window**

At the first sign of laptop trouble, the first thing you always need to do is to restart your computer. Often that will fix a
lot of issues.

Because laptops are carried around and turned on/off so much, they aren’t as reliable as other computers. For this
reason, you need to save often and back up your work often. This will save you A LOT of stress and frustration! Use your
jump drive and if you don’t have it, you can save the file in your D2L locker or email it to yourself.

It is just as important to be organized in how you save files. Open your My Documents folder. Right click. Create a New
Folder. Name it after one of your classes. From now on, store all of your work for that class in this folder. Now continue
the process for each one of your courses. This will help you stay more organized and help you find your work easier.

Remember that you need to charge your laptop every night. Coming to school with an uncharged laptop is like coming
to class without a pencil or pen and paper.

The right front switch on your computer is your wireless antenna switch. If the light is not glowing orange, your wireless
is turned off and you will not be able to connect to the internet.