google reference update

Google Tools for Reference

CT Library Council Reference Roundtable

November 4, 2009 Polly-Alida Farrington

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Search Tips

Search Options Sidebar

* Timeline option is missing this week!

Limit by date

Timeline

Related Searches

Wonder Wheel

Images from Pages

Visited & Not Visited

Forums

Books

Books

Find it in a Library

Fewer Shopping Sites

More Text

Music Search

Social Search (Google Labs)

Social Search (Google Labs)

Twitter Search Results - Firefox Greasemonkey Addon

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43451

Google Cloudlet – FF addon

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9943

Settings, Advanced, Countries

Don’t forget SETTINGS

Language Tools

Linked from main search page http://www.google.com/language_tools

eg: Aboriginal Apology

Advanced Search Options

Advanced Search Options

Google Custom Search

Google Custom Search

Google Custom Search

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/libraries/news_links.htm

Google Custom Search

http://lilrcgov.pbworks.com/Government+Health+Information+Resources

Images

Line drawing

Multiple Options

Search Options - Images

Usage Rights

Faces – Man in the Moon

Similar Images – Google Labs

http://similar-images.googlelabs.com/

Life Magazine Photos

Numbers & Data

A simple calculation.…

A bit more complex

“It puts complicated calculations within reach of every student, and moves the focus from units to scientific reasoning.” (Kristen Larson - Western Washington University)

Hubble Constant!

Flu Trends

http://www.google.org/flutrends/us/

Google Trends

http://www.google.com/trends

Hot Trends

Public Data

Google Squared

Fusion Tables (Google Labs)

Fusion Tables (Google Labs)

Google Finance

Stocks, Mutual Funds

Stock Screenr

Search Trends – Luxury Goods

Google Patents

Lobster Trap - 1886

Advanced Search

Google Scholar

https://services.google.com/inquiry/scholar_email

Google Books

Search for text

Answers to Questions

Full Text Options

Embeddable Books

Embedded Book

Add to Your Library

Add Tags, Notes, Reviews

Search Within YOUR Library

Share your collection

Google News

Quotes

Search within Quotes Set

Image View

Easy limits by date

News Archives - Timeline

Really Old News!

News Updates

Updates via RSS

Google News Timeline

Maps

Restaurants – Ratings & Cuisine

Real Estate – 4 sale, rent, foreclosure

Traffic

Explore

Terrain

Augmented Reality

A new way to interact with surroundings

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdmerwe/4051151050/

Creating Custom Maps

Export to Google Earth

Explore Related Info - Google Earth

Google Earth

World Events

Photos and Background Info

Lake Chad - Then

Lake Chad - Now

Historic Map Overlays

Measure Distances

Explore the Oceans

And the Sky

And Mars

Productivity Tools

Google 411

Google Docs - Survey Form

Feedback Form Results

Google Groups

Questions?

Ideas?

Share!

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Thank you!

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