Google Better with Google

Wouter Gerritsma, Wageningen UR Library

Which Google?

http://www.google.com/ncr(ncr = No Country Redirect)

Some personalization

Edit “search settings”

●Language settings

●Search filtering

●Number of results

●Open in a new window

●Instant search

Install the “Google Toolbar” (IE only)

There is more than one

Google advanced

Study the advanced search options

Study the advanced search options

Study the advanced search options

Study the advanced search options

Search with more than 2 words

Search with more than 2 words

Search with more than 2 words

Search with more than 2 words

Search with more than 2 words

Keep words together

“Phrase search”

Compare [water management] V [“water management”]

2 phrases are better than 2 words

Search for title words

[intitle:”agaricus bisporus”]

[allintitle:agaricus bisporus cultivation]

Search for title words

[intitle:”agaricus bisporus”]

[allintitle:agaricus bisporus cultivation]

Search for PDF files

Most scholarly material is published as PDF

[”agaricus bisporus” ext:pdf]

Search for PDF files

Most scholarly material is published as PDF

[”agaricus bisporus” ext:pdf]

Watch out for office documents

Search for results from a specific domain

[”water management” site:.edu]

Search for results from a specific domain

["water management" site:.edu]

Search for number ranges

["publication strategies" 2009...2011]

!three dots

Search for number ranges

["publication strategies" 2010...2013]

!Use three dots

Exclude specific terms

[mercury -ford -freddy -outboard –planet -newspaper]

Exclude specific terms

[mercury -ford -freddy -outboard –planet -newspaper]

Search with OR

["carbon dioxide" OR co2]

Search with OR

["carbon dioxide" OR CO2]

Combine

Thank you!

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Explanation can be found at http://wowter.net/2011/08/30/google-better-with-google/