The Joy of Search

A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics

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  • **A
  • Google
  • researcher
  • shares
  • tips,
  • tricks,
  • and
  • interesting
  • stories
  • on
  • maximizing
  • the
  • power
  • of
  • search
  • engines
  • like
  • Google
  • and
  • Wikipedia.You
  • don’t
  • have
  • to
  • be
  • a
  • computer
  • whiz
  • to
  • master
  • the
  • art
  • of
  • online
  • search!**We
  • all
  • know
  • how
  • to
  • look
  • up
  • something
  • online
  • by
  • typing
  • words
  • into
  • a
  • search
  • engine.
  • We
  • do
  • this
  • so
  • often
  • that
  • we
  • have
  • made
  • the
  • most
  • famous
  • search
  • engine
  • a
  • verb:
  • we
  • Google
  • it—“Japan
  • population”
  • or
  • “Nobel
  • Peace
  • Prize”
  • or
  • “poison
  • ivy”
  • or
  • whatever
  • we
  • want
  • to
  • know.
  • But
  • knowing
  • how
  • to
  • Google
  • something
  • doesn't
  • make
  • us
  • search
  • experts;
  • there’s
  • much
  • more
  • we
  • can
  • do
  • to
  • access
  • the
  • massive
  • collective
  • knowledge
  • available
  • online.In
  • The
  • Joy
  • of
  • Search,
  • Daniel
  • Russell
  • shows
  • us
  • how
  • to
  • be
  • great
  • online
  • researchers.
  • We
  • don’t
  • have
  • to
  • be
  • computer
  • geeks
  • or
  • a
  • scholar
  • searching
  • out
  • obscure
  • facts;
  • we
  • just
  • need
  • to
  • know
  • some
  • basic
  • methods.
  • Russell
  • demonstrates
  • these
  • methods
  • with
  • step-by-step
  • searches
  • for
  • answers
  • to
  • a
  • series
  • of
  • intriguing
  • questions—from
  • “what
  • is
  • the
  • wrong
  • side
  • of
  • a
  • towel?”
  • to
  • “what
  • is
  • the
  • most
  • likely
  • way
  • you
  • will
  • die?”
  • Along
  • the
  • way,
  • readers
  • will
  • discover
  • essential
  • tools
  • for
  • effective
  • online
  • searches—and
  • learn
  • some
  • fascinating
  • facts
  • and
  • interesting
  • stories.Russell
  • explains
  • how
  • to
  • frame
  • search
  • queries
  • so
  • they
  • will
  • yield
  • information
  • and
  • describes
  • the
  • best
  • ways
  • to
  • use
  • such
  • resources
  • as
  • Google
  • Earth,
  • Google
  • Scholar,
  • Wikipedia,
  • and
  • Wikimedia.
  • He
  • shows
  • when
  • to
  • put
  • search
  • terms
  • in
  • double
  • quotes,
  • how
  • to
  • use
  • the
  • operator
  • (*),
  • why
  • metadata
  • is
  • important,
  • and
  • how
  • to
  • triangulate
  • information
  • from
  • multiple
  • sources.
  • By
  • the
  • end
  • of
  • this
  • engaging
  • journey
  • of
  • discovering,
  • readers
  • will
  • have
  • the
  • definitive
  • answer
  • to
  • why
  • the
  • best
  • online
  • searches
  • involve
  • more
  • than
  • typing
  • a
  • few
  • words
  • into Google.
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