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Carl Heine reports on common mistakes students make using Boolean operators and how it may be better not to use operators at all.

Search engine analyst Chris Sherman shares tips on using operators and discusses new developments in search engines.

In this brief audio segment, search analyst Chris Sherman describes three powerful operators that can be used to increase the effectiveness of a search query.

The hampsters are coming! Will the right search operator retrieve the necessary instructions in time?

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This interactive tutorial introduces and explains how AND, OR, NOT and Quotes work.

This lesson utilizes good and bad examples to engage students in thinking queries that are potentially the best (and worst) for retrieving the desired information.

This Guide explains how to use the Pirates and Piranhas tutorial games with students.

A quick guide to AND, OR, NOT and Quotes: what they do, when to use them and common mistakes. Several exercises check for understanding.

Our YouTube videos that explain how and when to use advanced Google operators in field searching (inurl: allinurl: intitle: allintitle:) and restrictive searching (filetype: link: site: define:).

Try this popular MicroModule:

• Operators

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Find the name of a TV episode that opens on a green planet with a red sky. (timed)

What is the name of the toy that Apollo 8 astronauts took along with them in space? (timed)

Find the name of the poet using one line from this poem. (timed)

Two interactive tutorial games that involve decisions about effective operators.

Three different tutorials that include basic activities and beyond using Boolean and special operators.

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Check your ability to use operators effectively in these performance-based challenges. (timed)

A Guide to interpret the results of the Operator Assessment.

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