I just found

Using Google tricks to help with school.

and thought I;d share it with you.

Gene , ,

Thanks Gene. There are some clever ideas there as well as some good commonsense.

I guess that most of those will work with other search engines such as Bing.

Here are some examples from that web site.

• Do a timeline search. Use "view:timeline" followed by whatever you are researching to get a timeline for that topic.
• Get around blocked sites. If you are having problems getting around a blocked site, just type "cache:website address" with website address being the address of the blocked site to use Google’s cached copy to get where you are going.
• Use a tilde. Using a tilde (~) with a search term will bring you results with related search terms.
• Use the image search. Type in your search word, then select Images to use the image search when trying to put a picture to your term.
• Get a definition. If you want a definition without having to track down an online (or a physical) dictionary, just type "definition:word" to find the definition of the word in your results (i.e.: "definition: serendipity" will track down the definition of the word "serendipity").
  
  Paul Zucker