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This document lists 10 things you can do with the Google search bar, including basic and advanced searching, definitions, calculations, finding numbers like phone and tracking numbers, looking up movie showtimes and reviews, checking stock prices, weather forecasts, travel information, and finding local businesses by keyword and zip code. It provides examples of searches for each category to demonstrate how to utilize the Google search bar for various tasks beyond simple web searches.

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Google It

This document lists 10 things you can do with the Google search bar, including basic and advanced searching, definitions, calculations, finding numbers like phone and tracking numbers, looking up movie showtimes and reviews, checking stock prices, weather forecasts, travel information, and finding local businesses by keyword and zip code. It provides examples of searches for each category to demonstrate how to utilize the Google search bar for various tasks beyond simple web searches.

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Google It!

10 Cool Things You Can Do With The


Google Search Bar

Richard Kong and Mohsen Rahnamaie


Thousand Oaks Library
www.toaks.org/library
1. B a s i c S e a r c h i n g
Basic Searching Step-by-Step
 Select search term(s)
 Enter search term(s) into
search box
 Click Search or Press Enter
key
 Browse Results
2. A d v a n c e d S e a r c h i n g
Click on “Advanced Search” on main Google Page

Go to www.googleguide.com for
more on how to use Google’s Basic
Better Searches, Better Results
Exact Phrase [“one small step for
man”]
Excluded Words [bass –fishing, virus
-computer]
Similar Words [~mobile phone]
Multiple Words (or) [Maui OR
Hawaii]
Multiple Words (and) [vacation
Hawaii]
3. D e f i n i t i o n s
 “define
______” or
“define: ____”
 Definitions
gathered
from around
the Web
“define blog”
4. C a l c u l a t o r
 Addition +
 Subtraction –
 Multiplication *
 Division /
 Percentages %of
 Exponents ^
“15.99 + 32.50 + 13.25”
5. N u m b e r s !
 Phone #s
 Tracking #s
 VIN #s
 UPC codes
 Area Codes
 More…
Examples of # searches
Phone numbers

Area codes 

Tracking packages by #

UPC Codes 

VIN #s
6. M o v i e s
 Showtimes

“movies
91360”
 Reviews
 Buy Tickets
Online
7. S t o c k s
 Find reports
on specific
stocks
 Compare
stocks by
entering
multiple
stock
8. W e a t h e r
 Weather
forecasts for
specific
regions of
the world
 Example:
“weather
91360”
9. T r a v e l
 Airport
weather
and delays
 Airline
Flight
Information
Examples:
“lax airport” AND “United
164”
10. P I Z Z A !
 Findlocal
businesses
by typing in a
keyword (like
“pizza”) and
your zipcode

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