Lifehacker:

Are you using Google effectively as possible? If you’re just entering words into the search field without using these totally basic but totally essential tricks to improve your results, you’re missing out. We like to think of ourselves as Google ninjas at Lifehacker, but even we need a reminder of these crucial shortcuts now and then.

As the “new” father of a 12-year-old, some of these tricks will come in handy when he starts doing research for school projects.