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Google Advanced Tools

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Prerequisites 

Basic Windows® skills. Experience using a graphical browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Course description

Google has developed a wide variety of tools to supplement the search tool found at Google.com, including Google Scholar, Google Book Search, Google Blog Search, Google Customized Search Engines, Google Language Tools, Blogger.com, the Google home page service, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Earth, and even more.
This course is devoted to introducing the capabilities of each of these tools.

Why take this course?

See some projects that Google is just trying out now in Google Labs. Take advantage of the free, yet sophisticated, tools Google is providing for your desktop.

What you will learn

Google tools bring new possibilities to your desktop at no cost.

See how to:

 search only sites you know and trust

 use their instant calculator

 view aerial photos of your neighborhood

 get directions to Baltimore with a stop in Annapolis first

 start blogging

 create web pages that you can publish without cost

 get a quick simple language translation

Topics covered include

* Google maps and Google Earth and "mashups" integrating data with both

* Making your own Customized Google that searches only sites you trust

* How to find which books mention a particular name or phrase in

their texts.

* How to use Google to search scholarly sources only

* Take advantage of the many tools provided by the Google home page

Follow up courses

Course details

Course: I 131

Duration: 1/2 Day

Fee:

Members:   112.00
Non-Members:   160.00

Instructor: