Researching SFCC Library: Improving Your Google Search

Subject directories along with databases help you locate relevant information not available via Google or other search engines.

Ixquix  http://ixquick.com

Results from Yahoo, CNN, MSN, Open Directory and several others; removes the duplicates.  Good for pictures too.

Online Google Search Guide http://www.googleguide.com

Using Operators from Google  

Google - Organizes sites by popularity with the most often linked to pages first. 

Google search tips:

§  Use quote marks to search by phrase for example: "study skills"

§  Keywords work better than natural language

§  Word order matters so use the most important words first. You may use

 30 words  in a search, so be specific.

§  Advanced search allows Google to search a single specific web site

(Domain) for all the occurrences of a keyword or phrase.

§  Site Search You may limit your search to a specific type of domain by typing

site:edu  for education or site:gov for government

§  Date range may be indicated by using periods between dates. 1970....2000 for example:

laptop invented 1970....2000

§   * is a wildcard in Google that can substitute for a word or words.  This is handy when you can't remember all the words in a phrase or someone's middle name for example: Brooker * Washington

See this Google search guide for all the details.