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Google Search Tips:Advanced Features
Rabie A. Ramadan
Adapted from “Robin Hartman, Associate Librarian
Darling Library – Hope International University
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Your Assignment 1. Convert the following numbers to binary :
- 198- 2011- 11240
2. Convert the following binary numbers to Hex : - 1111111111111111- 101010101010101
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Your Assignment 3. Write a short essay about the importance of
computers in social activities ?
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Advanced Features of Google Query modifiersfiletypesdefineWild Card Word in Phrase (WCWIP)GAPS (proximity search)PunctuationDiacritics
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Query modifiersUse these commands in the search window.
intitle:testallintitle:test resultsinurl:testresultsallinurl:testresults personalityallintext:test results personalityallinanchor:test results personalitysite:loc.govfiletype:doc
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intitle:test results This search returns sites with the word test in the title and results anywhere in the document.
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allintitle:test resultsALL of the search terms will be found in the title.
Note: In this example there are much fewer “hits” when both terms (test AND results) must be found in the title of the page.
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inurl:test resultsinurl:test results – only test must be found in the web address (URL)
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allinurl:test resultsBoth test AND results must be found in the web address.
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allintextSometimes you get pages that do not have your search term/phrase in them.
Why? Because Google also searches for pages that just link to the target page.
Use allintext to get only those pages that have your search terms in them.
Compare the searches in the next two slides…
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1. crash test results
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2. allintext:crash test results
Different pages float to the top of your “hit list”.
And you get fewer pages than before.
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allinanchorReturns only pages that link to pages with your search terms, but not in the actual pages.
This is the opposite of allintext.
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site:Limit your search to a specific web site.Enter search terms then qualifier.EXAMPLES:
“elephant race” site:fullerton.edu• Finds elephant race(s) on the Cal State Fullerton
sitedinosaur site:si.edu• Finds dinosaur on the Smithsonian Institute site
One more…
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schwarzenegger site:sen.ca.gov
Limits search of schwarzenegger to official California senate pages.
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filetype:You can specify a type of document to search. EXAMPLES:
pdf – Adobe readable filesdoc – Microsoft Word documentsmdb – Microsoft Access databasesjpg, gif, tif – graphics, photosppt – Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
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Putting it all together
Limits search of schwarzenegger to find only pdf files on official california government pages.
Search Sample – schwarzenegger filetype:pdf site:ca.gov
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define:will provide definitions of the words, gathered from various online sources.
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Wild Card Word in Phrase *Using a wildcard (*) for a character does not work in Google.
cat* returns the same results as cat. However…
You can replace unknown words with an asterisk (*).
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Possible Uses for WCWIPSearching out suspected plagiarism.Common misspellings – all the spellings of a word will be found.Variations
“Harry Potter and the * Stone” returns both US (Sorcerer's ) and UK (Philosopher’s) versions of the book title.
And…
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FunFinding parodies.
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Punctuation: it might matterGoogle (and most other search engines) used to drop punctuation and replace it with a space (i.e., CD-ROM = CD ROM).But now Google is including the underscore (_) and ampersand (&) as well as enabling searching for terms such as c++ programming.
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DiacriticsUnite or unité? You have an option to
search for English only.
And you can have this page translated from the French to English.
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Diacritics – OR (try both)Rene = about 36,700 hits
René =about 6,880 hits
BOTH = about 41,500 hits
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Other Options
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Search Engine ShowdownFor in depth information on how Google and other web search engines work, go to Greg Notess’ Search Engine Showdown: The User’s Guide to Web Searching at http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/