Searching Google Effectively
Tips and Tricks for Using Operators
What is an Operator?
1. Site
Example 1: Your teacher will not accept sources with a .com suffix in the domain name. You may use .edu, .org, or .gov sites.
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2. Quotation Marks
Example: You are researching the relationship between crime rates and illegal immigration.
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3. Filetype
Example: You are searching for a report on the correlation between crime rates and illegal immigration
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4. Minus Sign
Example: You are looking for general information on tests, but not IQ tests.
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5. In Title
Example: You are searching for a webpage or article with your school name in the title, and not just the text.
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Asterisk (*)
Example 1: diet* (searches for: dietary, dietitian, diets, etc.)
Example 2: *finch (searches for all common terms preceding "finch," such as Atticus Finch, goldfinch, house finch, etc.)