This document provides an overview of various Google search tools and techniques as well as resources for evaluating, organizing, annotating, collaborating on, and citing information found online. It discusses advanced Google search operators, targeted searches, math operators, and alternatives to Google search. It also lists resources for harnessing RSS feeds, annotating documents, organizing notes, project management, and creating citations.

1. Jennifer Dorman [email_address] Researching 2.0

2. Barron and Ivers - ACM SIGCUE Outlook Volume 25 Issue 1-2

3. SEARCH SMARTER

4. http://www.google.com/

5. Decoding Search Results 1. The Title 2. Site description 3. The URL 4. Cached link 5. Similar sites

6. Consider Advanced Searches

7. Targeted Google Searches http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features_list.html

8. Google Reference Tools http://www.google.com/help/features.html

9. Searching Basics Operator Filter Example “ “ Phrase search “ George Washington” Site: Search within a site immigration site:http://www.nytimes.com/ - Exclude terms eagles –football * Fill in the blanks Isaac Newton discovered * + Exactly as is +drop.io OR Or Placemarks “Google Earth” or “Google Maps” ~ Synonym ~diversity Related: Find related sites Related:www.cnn.com … Search within a range Immigration 1880…1939

10. Google Math Operators http://www.googleguide.com/help/calculator.html http://www.google.com/help/calculator.html OPERATOR MEANING EXAMPLE + or plus addition 12 + 34 or three plus four – or minus subtraction 3.4 - 5.6 or five minus two * or times multiplication 56 * 7 or six times nine / or divided by division 7 / 8 or ten divided by two % of or percent of percentage of 45% of 39 mod or % modulo (the remainder after division) 15 mod 9 or 15 % 9 ^ or ** raise to a power 2^5 or 2**5 the n th root of n th root 4th root of 16 , sqrt(16) , cube root of 109 reciprocal of multiplicative inverse reciprocal of 7

11. Google Custom Search Engine http://www.google.com/cse/

12. Google Search Tricks Prezi by Tony Vincent http://prezi.com/mohshuoe-qcf/google-search-tricks/

13. Teach Smart Searching http://www.googleguide.com/

14. NoodleTools: NoodleQuest http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/

15. Search Alternatives http://www.schoolr.com/

16. Search Alternatives http://search.creativecommons.org/

17. Search Alternatives http://www.symbaloo.com/us/

18. Search Alternatives http://www.tagedu.com/

19. Search Alternatives http://www.yolink.com/

20. Search Alternatives http://www.swivel.com/

21. EVALUATE INFORMATION

22. Deconstructing Web Pages http://tinyurl.com/3adh4

23. Authenticating Online Information http://tinyurl.com/byq4g

24. Authenticating Online Information http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/cybersense_nonsense/

25. Savvy Web Skills http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/jocool_jofool/index.cfm

26. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hints-about-print-30025.html

27. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/fact-fragment-frenzy-30013.html

28. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html

29. 5 W’s of Web Site Evaluation http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.pdf

30. The ABC’s of Web Site Evaluation http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf

31. Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

32. CARS http://tinyurl.com/26bpth

33. HARNESS INFORMATION

34. Harnessing Information Streams - RSS Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/

35. Harnessing Information Streams - RSS Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/

36. ANNOTATE AND SHARE

37. Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

38. Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

39. Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

40. Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

41. Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

42. Diigo http://www.diigo.com/education

43. Crocodoc http://crocodoc.com/

44. Evernote http://www.evernote.com/

45. COLLABORATE AND AUTHOR

46. Google Docs http://doc.google.com/

47. WriteBoard http://writeboard.com/

48. Thinkature http://thinkature.com/

49. Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers http://www.wikispaces.com/site/features

50. Grou.ps http://grou.ps/

51. Box.net http://box.net/

52. Drop.io http://drop.io/

53. ORGANIZING INFORMATION

54. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/readwritethink-notetaker-30055.html

55. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/graphic-30039.html

56. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/essay-30063.html

57. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/compare-contrast-30066.html

58. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/persuasion-30034.html

59. Bubbl.us http://bubbl.us/ https://bubbl.us/beta/

60. Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/

61. Mindomo http://mindomo.com/

62. LucidChart http://www.lucidchart.com/

63. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

64. Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com/

65. Notely http://www.notely.net/

66. MyNoteIT http://www.mynoteit.com/

67. Remember the Milk http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

68. CITATION RESOURCES

69. Noodle Tools http://www.noodletools.com/

70. Knight Cite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

71. Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/

72. OttoBib http://www.ottobib.com/