Dries: Advanced Google Search: Home

1. Choose words you think will appear on the page.
2. Focus on key ideas - no extra words.
3. Do NOT include your entire research question - use only keywords

• Do:  chocolate health benefits
• Do NOT:  What are the health benefits of chocolate?

To search only .edu websites

site:edu   chocolate

To search only .gov websites

site:gov  chocolate

To search only a particular website - ex. National Institutes of Health

site:nih.gov  chocolate

HINTS:  

• No space between colon and domain/website
• Works for any domain (.com, .org, .gov, .edu, .mil) or website

Filetypes:

.pdf

.kml  (Google Earth)

.kmz (Google Earth)

.xls (Excel)

.ppt (PowerPoint)

.doc (Word)

To find PDF article from .edu sites on health benefits of chocolate:

filetype:pdf site:edu chocolate health benefit

To find Google Earth maps of Iditarod race:

filetype:kml  iditarod

To remove unwanted results from search:

Use minus -

To search chocolate, but not Chocolate Thunder (Darryl Dawkins)

chocolate -thunder

To search salsa, but not salsa dancing

salsa -dancing

To search Bono (U2), but not actor/Congressman Sonny Bono

bono -sonny

HINTS:

No space between minus sign and unwanted word

Use OR to search synonyms of the same idea

"global warming" OR "climate change"

chocolate and health OR benefits OR flavonoids

chocolate health OR benefits OR flavonoids

HINTS:

• OR must be ALL CAPS

Put quotes around two or more words to search for that exact phrase:

"dark chocolate"

"milk chocolate"

"renewable energy"

"climate change"

"to be or not to be"

1. Start Google search
2. Click on gear in upper right hand corner
3. Select "advanced Search"

HINT:

Must start typing in the Google search box in order for gear to appear on right.