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New Tool in Google! The Explore Tool

By Kristie Hughes Goodbye Research Tool, Hello Explore Tool! You may have been familiar with the Research tool in Google, where you could search for an image or article, bring it over to your document, and the citation for the image or article would automatically plant itself at the bottom of your page. Starting on October 13th you will notice that the Research tool is no longer available! It has been replaced with the Explore tool. The Explore tool works similarly to the research tool in that you can research on the web, but it does not add the citations at the bottom of the page. When you go to the Tools menu in Docs, Slides, and Drawings,  click Explore... to make the tool appear on the side of your page. You can also just click on the little explore button at the bottom of your Document, Slide, or Drawing. **You can also use the Explore tool in Sheets, but it is designed to explore the data in your sheet.** Once the Explore tool is opened you will notice thr