Many of you may get questions from your patrons on searching tutorials (or you might even be looking for these tips yourself!) that aren’t in librarian-speak. Today, the Lifehacker blog links to some great searching tips and a 3-minute video tutorial on “A Beginner’s Guide to Performing Better Web Searches.”
Some of the tips:
- Be as specific, yet as brief, as possible when searching.
- Put quotes around a specific phrase
- Punctuation is ignored — no need for it!
- Capitalization doesn’t matter. Searches aren’t case sensitive.
Looking for more advanced searching tips? Lifehacker has this too: “The Best Way to Tweak Your Search When Google Doesn’t Give You What You Want.”
Thanks to Liz for finding this resource! Lifehacker comes through yet again. It’s one of the few online sites we can’t live without.
Heather Braum is the Technology Librarian at NEKLS. She can be reached by phone, by email (hbraum (at) nekls.org), or through several online chat services (look Heather up by her email address). Visit the 
