2. One of the Internet's strengths is its ability to help
consumers find the right needle in a digital haystack
of data. --Jared Sandberg, Editor @bloomberg.com
3. Internet search
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Web directories (ipl.org,
about.com)
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Carefully reviewed. selected and organized
info
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Managed and edited by humans
Reliable and authentic
Search engines (Google,
Yandex, Bing, etc)
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Search by keywords
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Databases compiled by machine crawlers
(minimal human oversight)
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Not curated
7. Parts of a URL
http://www.starwars.com/seminars.html
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http://--hypertext transfer protocol: the language computers use to “talk” to one
another
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www—world wide web: the body of information connected by the cables and
computers of the Internet
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.starwars—domain name: the structured, alphabetic-based, unique name for a
computer on a network
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.com—top level domain: gives an idea of where the document is stored
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/seminars—file name: a folder within a website
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.html—hypertext markup language: the computer language used to format
documents
8. Top level domains
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.edu - higher education (harvard.edu)
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.com - commercial (audi.com)
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.gov - government agency (whitehouse.gov)
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.mil - military (army.mil)
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.org - general noncommercial organization (un.org)
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.info - Information (educationusa.info)
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.uz - geographic (gazeta.uz)
9. Google: Basic search
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Use more keywords or search terms
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Capitalization
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Automatic “and” queries (news reader
--> news AND reader OR readers)
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Exclusion of common words
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Word variations
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Truncation / wild card searching
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I’m Feeling Lucky
11. Phrase search
Narrows down search by looking for an exact phrase or
sentence. Useful when searching for a title or a
quotation. Usually quotation marks are used to connect
the words together.
Examples:
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“U.S. Uzbek relations” vs U.S. Uzbek relations
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“Graduate scholarship”
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“Test centers”
12. Negative search terms
Use a "minus" sign to exclude terms you don’t want
to appear on a page
Examples:
• "International
• Graduate
scholarships" -sport -art
admission requirements -GMAT -GRE
13. Intitle/Allintitle:
Standard HTML page
Allintitle:
<HTML>
Search for query words in the title of a
page
<HEAD>
<TITLE>……………</TITLE>
Examples:
•allintitle:international
</HEAD>
scholarships
<BODY>
•allintitle:foundations
………………..
•allintitle:top
student
</BODY>
</HTML>
scholarships
MBA schools
14. Inurl/Allinurl:
Search for query words in page URLs
Examples:
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allinurl:application waiver
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allinurl:rolling admissions
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harvard inurl:financial aid
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TOEFL inurl:listening
15. Allintext:
Search for query words in the text of a page
Examples:
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allintext:international graduate scholarships
psychology
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allintext:dual degree "computer science" business
international
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allintext:research central asian studies fellowship
16. Related:
List web pages similar to a web page you specify
Examples:
• related:educationusa.info
• related:www.internationalscholarships.com
17. Site:
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Search all pages containing a particular word or words from a single website;
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Search pages from a particular type of domain or institution
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Search pages from a single country
Examples:
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scholarships site:educationusa.info
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student visa site:travel.state.gov
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tourist attractions site:nycgo.com
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obama biography site:gov
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рестораны site:uz
18. Link:
Find linked pages, i.e. show pages that point to a
URL
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link:educationusa.info
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link:www.internationalscholarships.com
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link:nycgo.com
19. Filetype:
Search for a particular file type
Examples:
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un internship application form filetype:pdf OR
filetype:docx
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how to study in the US filetype:ppt
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health management dissertations john hopkins
filetype:xls