Be a Google Expert in 12 Steps!
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Be a Google Expert in 12 Steps!
Tips to Help You Find the Most Relevant
Information FAST
Many of these tips will work for database searches too!
1. Keep it simple!Every word countsBe short but descriptive Use words that will appear on the
web page Possible Searches:
families in Iran
family life in Iran
women in Iran
children in Iran
Iranian families
2. Some words/symbols are not even searched!
aandsoforthetopunctuation marks . ? , ; :
3. Google is case insensitive!
FAMILY LIFE IRAN
4. Do not ask questions!
Type: family life iran
What is family life like in Iran?
5. Put phrases/titles in quotations.!
“family life” Iran
Book title:
“my life in iran” book
6. Use a minus sign (-) to exclude!
“family life” iran -food
For info about the bird, not football:
falcons -football
7. Google assumes the word and between words!
women iran
8. Use OR (in caps) to search for either one of several words!
women OR children iran
9. Find results in a specific domain!
Use site:edu (or org, gov, net, mil).
“family life” iran site:edu
11. Find results in a specific format! Use filetype:ppt (doc, pdf)
“family life” iran filetype:ppt
12.Find out who links to a site to see if it is a credible source!
link:www.cultureofiran.com/patriarchy.html
Use link:pasteURL
If you want more…Use * to fill in the blanks:
Use ~ to search for a word and its synonyms:
famil* Searches family, families
psych* Searches psychology, psychiatrist(s), psychologist(s)
iran ~glossary Searches for glossary, dictionary, terms, terminology for Iran
You can also use the Advanced search page…
at the bottom of your results page
The Advanced Search Page also gives you many options…
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…in an easy format!