Everybody knows how to "Google", but not everyone knows how to be a true genius of it. Here are simple yet effective ways of maximizing your google search..... like a boss!
Quotation Marks ("")
Using quotation marks in your search lets you search exactly for that word or set of words, it means all your results have your search terms in them. This is useful for searching quotes and song lyrics.
"To be or not be"
Dashes (-)
If you want to exclude a word in your search, then put a dash before a word that you want to exclude in your search.
jaguar -animal
Tilde (~)
Use tilde when you also want its synonyms to appear in the result. The above query will search for music classes, lessons, coaching etc.
Christmas ~desserts
site:
Use site: to search within a specific website only.
site:nytimes.com
link:
Use link: to search for sites that link to the specified site url.
link:creattica.com
Vertical bar (|)
<This query will search websites that have any one/two/all of the terms.
blouse|shirt|chemise
Two Periods (..)
Use two periods between two numbers to express range of things like date, measurements and prices.
movies 1950..1970
Use related:to find sites that are related to the specified site.
related:appstorm.net
cache:
The cache: shows Google's cached versiRon of a specific page.
cache:makeuseof.com
filetype:
The filetype: returns only search results that match a particular file extension.
sleep study filetype:pdf
At the rate (@)
The At the rate returns search, related that match a particular social media site.
phone recall @twitter
"Having troubles to organize your research and notes in google, no need to take stress about these things any more. Below is a collection of some handy Chrome extensions to help research students throughout the different stages of a research process.
Extensions for search and Curate Content:
1.) Diigo Web Collector:
Diigo is the #1 extension for annotating, archiving and bookmarking webpages.With this easy-to-use tool, you can:-
1. Bookmark links to archive webpages or to read later
2. Attach highlights & stickies to a webpage as a reminder
3. Share pages with annotation via Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz
4. Access anywhere, via iPhone, iPad (http://bit.ly/e2ujpL), Android (http://goo.gl/tvbuq).
5. Create groups to pool findings, share resources or curate content
6. Automatically cross-post to social bookmarking site Delicious (optional)
2.) Evernote Web Clipper:
Evernote Web Clipper helps you save interesting things you find on the Web into your Evernote account. With Evernote Web Clipper, CLIP any webpage, HIGHLIGHT what matters most, ANNOTATE, take SCREENSHOTS, and have access to that information whenever and wherever you need it.
3.) Google Scholar:
This extension adds a browser button for easy access to Google Scholar from any web page. Click the Scholar button to:
- Find full text on the web or in your university library. Select the title of the paper on the page you're reading, and click the Scholar button to find it.
- Transfer your query from web search to Scholar. Press the Scholar button to see top three results; click "full screen" in the lower left of the popup to see them all.
- Format references in widely used citation styles. Press the quote button in the popup to see a formatted reference and copy it into the paper you're writing.
1.) DocHub:
DocHub - the way the world manages documents.
Editor Tools:
* Insert Text
* Draw (lossless, vector based)
* Highlight
* Comment
* Erase
* Sign
* Insert Image
* Stamp
* Undo/Redo
Page Management:
* Merge documents
* Reorder pages
* Append pages
* Rotate pages
* Delete pages
PDF Features:
* Retina display optimized
* Lossless editing (retains original document quality after signing or editing)
* Fill forms
Document Templates:
* Upload a template once then... ...easily fill it out a unique copy of it as many times as you need. ...send copies of it to multiple people for signing or filling.
Document Sharing:
* Email documents
* Collaborate on a document with individuals or organizations * Choose to make your document 'public' or 'private'
* Share 'public' documents on Facebook, Twitter or anywhere.
Signing:
* Easily sign and save any document
* Create and import signature from phone
* Send documents to others to be signed
Security:
* OAuth 2.0 authentication ensures only you can access your account
* Data is transferred using state of the art 128 to 256 bit EV SSL Encryption
* Saved documents are stored and backed up using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit symmetric keys
Compatibility:
* Works with all PDFs, Open Office and Microsoft Office Documents: (PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, TXT, DOCX, PPTX and many more...)
* Export documents as either PDF or DOC.
Open/Import Documents Directly From:
* Your computer
* Gmail
* Google Drive
* Dropbox
* Any webpage URL
2.) Readability:
Wikipedia Readability improves the readability of wikipedia by reducing the number of distractions on the page and improving the readability of the type. This extension attempts to keep the distinctive Wikipedia look while adding usability and readability improvements.
Extensions for taking Notes:
1.) Note Anywhere:
The features:
1) on any page, you can make note on the web page, on any position
2) the notes get saved in real time.
3) all notes can move by mouse: drag and drop
4) when you go to that page again, the notes get loaded automatically.
5) and on the logo, it show a badge indicate the note counts of that page.
Found a webpage, image, or quote that you want to save for later? With the Google Keep Chrome Extension, easily save the things you care about to Keep and have them synced across all of the platforms that you use — including web, Android, iOS, and Wear. Take notes for additional detail and add labels to quickly categorize your note for later retrieval.
Features:
• Save URLs, text, and images
• Take notes on saved content
• Add labels to your notes
• Automatically saves to Google Keep
3.) Note Board:
Save pages with a screenshot to read later or capture easily any web content.
You can drag and resize the sticky notes.
Create Kanban boards to organize your notes in columns.
Share boards to work remotely as a Team in real time.
Create notes in any web, when you open again the web the note will appear in the same position you left it.
Schedule notifications to remind a note on a certain day and time.
Drag and drop content from other tabs or image files from your system to create notes quickly.
What can you clip?
*Be it a new recipe you want to try or the next place you want to visit, clip text, images, or links into a note card, and save to a specific notebook.
*Want to save an article for future reference? With Clean View, you can save the entire article as a note card, minus the ads.
*Need to quickly grab a screenshot of a web page? The 'Screenshot’ option quickly saves the screenshot as a Photo Card.
*Convert any link to Smart Cards. Refer https://www.zoho.com/notebook/smart-card.html for more details on Smart Cards.
*Annotate images / screenshots before you add those in Notebook. We've added a complete annotation tool to edit your images.
Web Clipper can also be used to create note cards.
Have a quick thought you want to note without leaving your browser? Create a quick note from scratch right from your browser. You can also add photos directly from your computer to Web Clipper.
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