1. Power Searching Google and Google Scholar Laura Wilson, Reference Librarian Framingham State College September 23, 2009

2. 2 Advanced Google Search Click here for advanced search

3. The Advanced Search Page

4. Boolean and Phrase Search : AND, “ ”, OR, NOT Puts AND between each keyword – broad search (default setting for basic Google search) Example : American soccer teams retrieves American AND soccer AND teams any of these words anywhere on the page Puts quotation marks around the keywords, search as a phrase – more narrow search Example: “American Soccer Teams” retrieves pages that have the phrase American Soccer Teams

5. Boolean and Phrase Search: AND, “ ”, OR, NOT What your advanced search looks like in the basic search box Phrase search “American Soccer Teams”

6. Boolean and Phrase Search: AND, “ ”, OR, NOT Puts OR between your keywords – very broad search AMERICAN OR SOCCER OR TEAMS any of these words anywhere on the page Eliminates unwanted terms that are retrieved from the search Example: “American Soccer Teams” –college Retrieves pages that mention the phrase American Soccer Teams and not the word college

8. Select websites written in a particular language

9. Select the type of file that your search retrieves

11. Search within a particular website or type of website

13. Find the latest news on your topic

14. Where your keywords show up

15. Anywhere in the page : very broad, may not be relevant

16. In the title of the page : Probably relevant to your search

17. In the text of the page: broad, may only mention your keywords once

18. In the URL of the page: Probably relevant to your search, but may not retrieve other useful sites

20. Synonyms ~ Use this symbol to retrieve synonyms for your keyword Example : ~feminism , ~basketball Nesting ( ) Use this to search for synonyms under a certain subject Example : cats (Persian OR Himalayan) Retrieves sites that mention Persian cats or Himalayan cats Wildcard * Use this as a placeholder for unknown words in a phrase Example: “Obama voted * on * bill” Other cool advanced search tips

22. peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, articles and abstracts

26. All words : AND between keywords

27. Exact phrase : “ ”

28. At least one word: OR between keywords

30. Anywhere in the article : broad search, results may or may not be relevant

33. Google Scholar supports most of the same Advanced Search operators from the Google search engine Synonyms ~ Nesting ( ) Wildcard * Advanced Search : Google Scholar