This presentation was delivered to the Northern Metropolitan Branch of the School Library Asssociation of Victoria on September 8, 2011.

1. Google Search & Research Tools for Teacher Librarians SLAV Northern Metro Branch Meeting September 8, 2011 Glenda Morris Teacher Librarian OLMC Heidelberg

3. Can’t cover all aspects on how to search with Google – too huge

5. Google Search Tools LimitresultsbyTime ReadingLevelFilter RelatedSearches Timeline

7. Effective searching is an essential 21st Century skill

8. As TLs, it is OUR responsibility to teach students (& teachers) HOW to search efficiently and effectively

10. Sidebar

11. 1. Related Searches

12. 2. Timeline

13. Timeline – Antarctica 1900-99

14. 3. Reading Level Filter

15. Reading level Basic Intermediate

16. Advanced Reading Level

18. Locate “more search tools” on sidebar

19. Experiment with Google’s Related Searches Timeline Reading Level Filter

20. 4. Translated Foreign Pages

21. 5. Limit Results by Time

22. 6. Advanced Search

26. Locate “more search tools” on sidebar

27. Experiment with Google’s Translated Foreign Pages Limit Results by ... Advanced Search

28. 7. Google Custom Search

32. ROAD TEST #3 Create a Google Custom Search Engine on a topic of your choice http://www.google.com/cse/ More info My blog post on creating Google Custom Search Engines

33. Google Multimedia Search

34. 8. Google Images

35. 9. Similar images

36. Google Similar Images

37. 10. LIFE Photo Archive http://images.google.com/hosted/life

40. 11. Google Alerts Monitor the Web for new content on topics Google Alerts = email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news) Uses: developing news stories, latest on events … Enter the topic you wish to monitor, click preview to see the type of results you'll receive

43. 12. Google News Newspaper Search http://news.google.com/newspapers

46. 13. Google Books Find books for students/yourself to read or to assist with research – SENIOR students Provides access to 1000s of books that would otherwise be difficult/impossible to find Search to find pages according to your search query Create booklists/bookshelves related to curriculum areas saving in My Library

48. Limited Preview = Still under copyright with permission granted by publisher/author for X number of pages for viewing

49. Snippet preview = Books under copyright & in print, but publishers/authors granted permission for only small sections to be made available

52. No Preview = copyright and/or in print

53. Snippet = copyright and/or in print

54. Preview = Publisher/creator granted permission or out of print

55. Full View = Public Domain (out of print, no copyright)

58. Newspapers

59. Magazines

61. Journals

63. Uni of Southern QLD article download as PDF

65. Useful search websites Google Web Search - Classroom Lessons and Resources http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers Lessons are short & not specific to any discipline = fit the need of your classroom