Google Search Tips
Search example Finds pages containing…
vacation hawaii the words vacation and Hawaii
Japan or China either the word Japan or the word China
“To each his own” the exact phrase to each his own
Virus –computer the word virus but NOT the word computer
~auto loan loan info for both the word auto and its synonyms: truck, car, etc…
Star Wars Episode +VI this movie title, including the roman numeral VI
define:computer definitions of the word computer from around the web
red * blue the words red and blue separated by one or more words
“I’m feeling lucky” button click this instead of “search” to go directly to the first web page returned for your query
ADVANCED OPERATORS
MEANING
WHAT TO TYPE
Site
Search only one website
admission site:www.midway.edu
(Searches Midway College for admissions information)
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Search within a range of numbers
DVD player $100…150
(Searches for DVD players between $100 and $150)
Date:
Search only a range of months
Olympics date: 3
(Searches for pages about the Olympics within past 3 months)
Link:
Linked pages
Link:www.ala.org
(Finds pages that link to the American Library Association website)
Info:
Information about a page
Info:www.ama-assn.org
(Finds information about the American Medical Association website)
Related:
Related pages
Related:www.whitehouse.gov
(Finds websites related to the White House homepage)
If you click on “I’m feeling lucky” it will take you directly to the first page of the results – in this case, the American Heart Association’s homepage.
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A search for “American Heart Association” brought up the following two results. If you click on CACHED it will show you where your search terms appear in the page. You can also click on SIMILAR PAGES to find other pages like it.
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Click on ADVANCED SEARCH to get the screen below. It will help guide your search.
Lastly, you can do a topic specific search from the Advanced Search screen. Scroll down to the bottom to find these links:
Google Book Search - Search the full text of books
New! Google Code Search - Search public source code
Google Scholar - Search scholarly papers
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