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Researching SFCC Library: Improving Your Google Search

A basic introduction to using the SFCC Library web page to access databases and locate quality resources.

Advanced Google

Best Invisible Web Resources for College Research

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

Way Beyond Google

Ixquix  http://ixquick.com

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

 


 

Better Google Searching

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.   



Web Search Strategies