The explanation has been blogged at http://wowter.net/2011/08/30/google-better-with-google/

1. Google Better with Google
Wouter Gerritsma, Wageningen UR Library

2. Which Google?
 http://www.google.com/ncr
(ncr = No Country Redirect)

3. 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)

4. There is more than one

5. Google advanced

6. Study the advanced search options

7. Study the advanced search options

8. Study the advanced search options

9. Study the advanced search options

10. Search with more than 2 words

11. Search with more than 2 words

12. Search with more than 2 words

13. Search with more than 2 words

14. Search with more than 2 words

15. Keep words together
 “Phrase search”
Compare [water management] V [“water
management”]

16. 2 phrases are better than 2 words

17. Search for title words
 [intitle:”agaricus bisporus”]
 [allintitle:agaricus bisporus cultivation]

18. Search for title words
 [intitle:”agaricus bisporus”]
 [allintitle:agaricus bisporus cultivation]

19. Search for PDF files
 Most scholarly material is published as PDF
 [”agaricus bisporus” ext:pdf]

20. Search for PDF files
 Most scholarly material is published as PDF
 [”agaricus bisporus” ext:pdf]

21. Watch out for office documents

22. Search for results from a specific domain
 [”water management” site:.edu]

23. Search for results from a specific domain
 ["water management" site:.edu]

24. Search for number ranges
 ["publication strategies" 2009...2011]
!three dots

25. Search for number ranges
 ["publication strategies" 2010...2013]
!Use three dots

26. Exclude specific terms
 [mercury -ford -freddy -outboard –planet -newspaper]

27. Exclude specific terms
 [mercury -ford -freddy -outboard –planet -newspaper]

28. Search with OR
 ["carbon dioxide" OR co2]

29. Search with OR
 ["carbon dioxide" OR CO2]

30. Combine

31. Thank you!
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