PowerPoint PresentationWhy Google?OverviewHow Google worksLet’s try it !to the GooglingJoe Barkerjbarker at library.berkeley.eduJohn Kupersmithjkupersm at library.berkeley.edu A “Know Your Library” WorkshopTeaching Library, University of California, BerkeleySpring 2007Research Quality Web Searching, Part 1COURSE PAGE URL:http ://www. lib.berkeley.edu /TeachingLib/Gui des/Internet/Goo gle.htmlGoogling to the Max Copyright © 2012 The Regents of the University of California is licensedunder aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available athttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/contact.html.to the GooglingWhy Google?Biggest web search engine database25 or more billion pagesResults often include what you wantFeatures, shortcuts, special databases & servicesto the GooglingOverview1. How Google works2. Exploiting Google’s “FUZZY” search options3. Making your searches more precise4. Handy tools and shortcuts5. The best of Google’s family of databases6. Google Books & Google Scholarto the GooglingHow Google worksSpider programs find pages on the public web, build huge database of web pagesSearch program gives you ways to search this databasePageRank™ arranges your resultsWord proximity and placement Popularity - a link to a page is a vote for itImportance - traffic, popularity of pages linking to a pageto the GooglingLet’s try it !Hands-on