OCLC Training Calendar:
"Advanced Google Tools," with Dan Ream

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