In the "Power Searching with Google" unit over the past two weeks we have learned many new concepts and took in a lot of new information that can only help better our searching skills. One thing in particular that will help benefit me in the future is now being able to use the Google Books feature to verify quotes. In English, when writing essays about books it is almost always required to include quotes. If you are unsure if a quote actually showed up in the book or if you only remember a certain word in the entire phrase of the quote, you can easily go into Google Books, search the book, search the quote/word, and easily find what you need. This will definitely be beneficial in future English classes, as well.
Another thing I learned that will help me benefit in the future is being able to now use the "Image Search" option. Before learning that you could specifically search an image on its own, I had never known you could do that. All you have to do is upload a photo that you want to find out more information on, and press search. Google will help find background info on that photo and anywhere else on the net it appears. This will be helpful in the future when I come across a painting or a picture and I need to find out more about it.
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