Super Google Your Library

Advanced search strategies for your favorite search engine! SUPER A Web resource @ your Library Created by the Librarians of Jefferson College April 2008

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Searcher Beware! ,[object Object],[object Object],Websites will say anything to get your attention! Websites owners are actually able to enter their own invisible text that will affect how their website shows up in a Google search. Green text down here is your search result's Web address . Just because you found it on the Web doesn't make it true!

Using AND Actually, you don't have to. Google™ automatically puts AND between keywords in the basic search box. So, if you enter: Dude, that's a llama "Dude, that's a llama" Trust us: the search results for each are very different! Without quotes With quotes Google will pull up every page that has "dude," "that's," and "llama" on it. (But not "a," since that is a common word.) If you want to search for a phrase, put quotation marks around the keywords:

Using OR ,[object Object],[object Object],dog OR cat OR gerbil is very different from dog or cat or gerbil "OR" in caps lowercase "or" See for yourself! How does it work like that? Every time you connect two search terms with "OR," Google widens its search-- in this case, finding you pages with either the words "dog," "cat," or "gerbil" on them.

Using NOT ,[object Object],[object Object],What if you want to find examples of hybrids that don't necessarily include tires and engines? Try this search. bass –fish This will turn aside results involving fly fishing in favor of results related to guitars or music. hybrid -car

Word Definitions Typing in " define: " plus the word of your choice makes Google check for definitions. Google pulls definitions of words from off of the Internet. Sometimes, it offers the links to those places in green. Google will actually find definitions for you-- not just links to dictionary websites.

Top-Level Domain Search ,[object Object],[object Object],The top-level domain portion of a URL is the part that ends in .com, .edu, .gov, and so forth. You can search for websites ending in a certain top-level domain by adding .com, .org, .edu, or the like to your search. For example, searching ".org American Literature" finds only websites on American Literature that end in ".org"

Fill in the Blanks ,[object Object],Adding an asterisk (or "*") to a phrase and then searching tells Google to fill in that blank-- that is, consider the search as if it were also a phrase, instead of just looking for each word individually.

Finding Filetypes ,[object Object],[object Object],Search file name endings, not names of programs! Incorrect : "filetype:microsoft word global warming" Correct : "filetype:doc global warming:

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