Tips for using Google
1. Explicit Phrase: Use double quotes to search for exact phrasing. A search for Collingwood Cavaliers will turn up pages with either the word Collingwood or Cavaliers on the page. A search for "Collingwood Cavaliers" will turn out pages that only have those two words in that exact order.
2. Searching for a specific type of site. For example if you want articles that are published by universities only, enter what you are searching for and then the term site:edu. It is very important that you don’t have a space between the colon and the edu. This works for any type of site (.com, .org, etc). You would input the search like this: euthanasia site:edu
3. Exclude words: If you want to remove a search element from your search, type the dash/minus sign before the word (with no space) you want removed. A search for: cats -musical will remove all websites about the musical “Cats” from your search
4. Fill in the blanks (*) The *, or wildcard, is a very handy feature. If you include * within a query, Google treats the star as a placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches. The query [ Obama voted * on the * bill ] will give you stories about different votes on different bills. Note that the * operator works only on whole words, not parts of words.
5. Word Definitions: To define a word or phrase, search: define:euthanasia.
2. Searching for a specific type of site. For example if you want articles that are published by universities only, enter what you are searching for and then the term site:edu. It is very important that you don’t have a space between the colon and the edu. This works for any type of site (.com, .org, etc). You would input the search like this: euthanasia site:edu
3. Exclude words: If you want to remove a search element from your search, type the dash/minus sign before the word (with no space) you want removed. A search for: cats -musical will remove all websites about the musical “Cats” from your search
4. Fill in the blanks (*) The *, or wildcard, is a very handy feature. If you include * within a query, Google treats the star as a placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches. The query [ Obama voted * on the * bill ] will give you stories about different votes on different bills. Note that the * operator works only on whole words, not parts of words.
5. Word Definitions: To define a word or phrase, search: define:euthanasia.