[access-uk] Re: Internet Searching: Was: usb sticks thank you
- From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:12:18 -0000
Eh Steve!
But would we ever sleep!
Tony----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Internet Searching: Was: usb sticks thank you
> Hi George,
>
> Thank you for this excellent run down, and I would encourage you all to
try
> this stuff.
>
> I would also add that if you want the definition of a word like a
> dictionary, try this:-
>
> Define:procrastinate
>
> You will find that definitions of the word Procrastinate from various
> dictionaries on the Web will be shown to you.
>
> So get Googling folks, it's a whole load of fun, and there are lots more
> things you can do with Google. You can do calculations, conversions, all
> kinds of stuff. You can even do language translation, check out the
> language tools.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> George Bell
> Sent: Wednesday 4 March 2009 12:11
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Internet Searching: Was: usb sticks thank you
>
> Note I've changed the Subject line.
>
> "Google is very often your friend.". I could not agree with you more
> here, Steve.
>
> It is well worth spending time learning about how to use a search
> engine like this. So here are some very, very basic tips.
>
> Let's say you are looking for something about Louise Braille - his
> birthday perhaps.
>
> If you simply type in say
>
> Louis Braille
>
> You will get around 580,000 hits.
>
> If you type in
>
> Louis Braille +birthday
>
> Note the use of the + sign in front of "birthday" - this means that
> your results MUST include that word.
>
> You will end up with about 26,500 hits.
>
> So you look at the first few, and discover that there's a 200th
> birthday celebration going on, and so you want to know more. Type in
>
> Louis Braille +Birthday +200
>
> And you are down to about 8,600 hits.
>
> Now lets get really extreme and go for the following:
>
> louis Braille +Birthday +200 -UK -France +USA
>
> Now we've added a minus sign to eliminate any results that have a
> reference to the UK and France, but include anything referring to the
> USA.
>
> And we're down to 1,230 hits.
>
> Are you getting the general idea?
>
> Now for another trick. One of the items I found above, refers to:
>
> tactile communication system for the blind
>
> But if I type that in, I get 51,100 hits.
>
> BUT, if I enclose it in quotes as follows:
>
> "tactile communication system for the blind"
>
> We are down to just 9 hits, because the search is looking for an exact
> match.
>
> I'm no expert at all this searching, but just those few basic tips can
> help greatly when you are looking for something in the early hours of
> the morning when few others are on the lists.
>
> It also makes searching fun, and indeed can be quite addictive.
>
> George.
>
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