1. Beyond the Basics Steven Butzel, Nashua Public Library steven.butzel@nashualibrary.org 603-589-4647, Yahoo IM: nashuaref

2. Google Web Search Phrase based searching +/- operators Filetype Site limiter Combinations Google Alerts

3. Google News Search

4. News source: CNN, New York Times, etc. Date range Location: country or U.S. state Occurrences: in headline, in body of article, etc. News archives for older than 30 days News alerts and RSS feeds Personalization options

5. Google Images

6. Content types: news content, faces Image size File types Color/Grayscale Domain SafeSearch

7. Google Maps

8. Directions Customize route Satellite images My Maps Featured content: gas prices, real estate, etc. Add landmarks, draw lines, etc.

10. Google Docs & Spreadsheets Word documents, Excel workbooks & PowerPoint presentations Online Collaboration (including chat) Online Publishing Can save the files in many formats: Word.doc,.rtf,.txt, PDF and HTML, and often Open Office formats Ability to review version histories

11. Google Reader

12. Aggregator for RSS feeds, etc. Create folders, tags Share items Star items

13. Google Book Search Title, author, publisher, subject, publication date Limit to library catalog If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.

14. Google Book Search, cont. “Reference Pages” for books (example Bill Clinton, My Life) –Access to reviews –Reference to and from other works (link to Scholar) –Other editions Add to “My Library” Find this book in a library

15. Others Google Calendar Google Labs –Google Trends –Google Suggest

16. iGoogle!!

17. iGoogle Where it all comes together Personalize Add “stuff”