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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!
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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
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2. Some words/symbols are not even searched!
aandsoforthetopunctuation marks . ? , ; :
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3. Google is case insensitive!
FAMILY LIFE IRAN
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4. Do not ask questions!
Type: family life iran
What is family life like in Iran?
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5. Put phrases/titles in quotations.!
“family life” Iran
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Book title:
“my life in iran” book
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6. Use a minus sign (-) to exclude!
“family life” iran -food
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For info about the bird, not football:
falcons -football
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7. Google assumes the word and between words!
women iran
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8. Use OR (in caps) to search for either one of several words!
women OR children iran
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9. Find results in a specific domain!
Use site:edu (or org, gov, net, mil).
“family life” iran site:edu
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11. Find results in a specific format! Use filetype:ppt (doc, pdf)
“family life” iran filetype:ppt
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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
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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
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And even more…
intitle:
Finds words that are in the title
intitle:Shakespeare
inurl: Finds words that are in the URL
inurl:Shakespeare
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You can also use the Advanced search page…
at the bottom of your results page
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The Advanced Search Page also gives you many options…
Continued…
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…in an easy format!