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Vol. 76, No. 7, July 2003

Other Google Search Features and Functions

Try these other search features and functions. Also see the Google Help pages at http://www.google.com/help/features.html.

Field searching options
By link: (type link:), by title (type allintitle:), by URL (type allinurl:).
PDF are files included in indexing.

Uncle Sam
http://www.google.com/unclesam
Google's government search engine (perfect for finding government reports, guidelines, and so on).

Universities
http://www.google.com/options/universities.html
Narrows a search to specific university Web sites (great for expert witness searches).

Securities
Can search for stock quotes; use the format "stocks:name of the company" (that is, stocks:cisco) in the search box.

News
Daily news from Google from around the world as well as a "news only" search engine are available via a tab on the Google home page.

Images
The image tab on Google's home page facilitates searching through thousands of photos, pictures, blueprints, clipart, and other images.

Groups
Google's home page also has a tab to link to a large searchable archive of newsgroups, with thousands of threads of information and postings.

Search a Specific Site
The word "site" followed by a colon enables you to restrict your search to a specific site. To do this, use the site:sampledomain.com syntax in the Google search box.

Phone Books
To find listings for a U.S. business, type the business name into the Google search box, along with the city and state. Or type the business name and zip code. Entering the phone number with area code also will return a complete business listing. To find listings for a U.S. residence, type any of the following combinations into the Google search box:

  • first name (or first initial), last name, city (state is optional);
  • first name (or first initial), last name, state;
  • first name (or first initial), last name, area code;
  • first name (or first initial), last name, zip code;
  • phone number, including area code;
  • last name, city, state;
  • last name, zip code.

Maps
To use Google to find street maps, enter a U.S. street address, including zip code or city/state (for example, 780 North Water Street Milwaukee WI), in the Google search box. Often, the street address and city name will be enough.

Dictionaries
Enter your query into the search box as you would normally. Any or all parts of your query for which the system has a dictionary definition will be underlined and linked to a dictionary in the search summary bar above the search results.

Foreign Language Tools
Google offers user interfaces for a wide variety of languages, including Bengali, Malay, Indonesian, Welsh, Latin, Hungarian, Nepali, and Telugu, but also fictitious languages like Elmer Fudd, Bork Bork Bork, Klingon, Hacker, and Pig Latin. A translation page for text also is included. Look for the link to "Language Tools" on the home page.

Beta Searches
http://labs.google.com/
Google Labs is the page listing search tools in development.

Google Answers
http://answers.google.com/answers/main
This page features access to more than 500 researchers who will help you locate hard-to-find information on the Web. The fee for this service starts at $2.50 per question.

Google Mail
You do not have to be on the Web to use Google. A free new service called GoogleMail gives you email access to the popular search engine. Just send a message to google@capeclear.com with your query in the subject line. The search results will be sent to your in-box, usually within minutes.

Preferences
Google enables you to save certain search preferences, including the number of results to show per page, the interface language, and whether or not to use SafeSearch filtering. A link to choose Preferences appears on the results page of a search.

Toolbars
http://toolbar.google.com
When the Google Toolbar is installed, it automatically appears along with the Internet Explorer toolbar. This means you can quickly and easily use Google to search from any Web site location, without returning to the Google home page to begin another search.

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