Yahoo! - Time Saving Search Tips

Papers are due and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. These easy Yahoo! searches can help you with both.

Search Tips for Papers and Projects

• What does that word mean?
  Type "definition" after the word you want to define:
  'quixotic definition'
  
• What's another way to say...?
  Type "synonym" after the word:
  'quixotic synonym'
  
• I wish I could get rid of...
  Type a minus sign in front of the word you don't want.
  For example, 'Simpsons -movie' will retrieve results about The Simpsons t.v. show and other merchandise, but no results about The Simpsons movie.

Holiday Travel Shortcuts

• Traffic
  Type 'traffic' in front of a city name to go to a map of traffic alerts:
  'traffic San Diego'
  
• Flight Tracker
  Type the airline and flight number for a shortcut to the flight's status:
  'American 83' or 'Lufthansa 421'
  
• Map
  Type 'map' in front of a city name to go directly to the map:
  'map San Diego'
  You can also search a zip code to get a map of that area:
  '91910'