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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 s imple!. Every word counts Be short but descriptive Use words that will appear on the web page.
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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 counts • Be short but descriptive • Use words that will appear on the web page
2. Some words/symbols are not even searched! • a • and • so • for • the • to • punctuation marks . ? , ; :
3. Google is case insensitive! FAMILY LIFE IRAN
4. Do not ask questions! What is family life like in Iran? Type: family life 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 andbetween 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! Use link:pasteURL link:www.cultureofiran.com/patriarchy.html
If you want more… • Use * to fill in the blanks: • Use ~ to search for a word and its synonyms:
You can also use the Advancedsearch page… at the bottom of your results page
The Advanced Search Page also gives you many options… Continued…