Effective Goolge search tips.

2. Search for relevant information on the
Internet using 5 easy steps.
Search for specific words or phrases.
Exclude keywords.
Search for information on a specific site.
Limit the date range.
Search for a file type.

3. Search for specific words
or phrases.

4. Exclude keywords.
By eliminating irrelevant words or phrases, you
will be able to narrow down your search. Add a
subtraction sign, no space and a word or phrase
that appears in many of your results.
“Court case brief” (600,000 results) or

5. Searching specific sites
for information.
When you know the site you wise to search than
narrow down your results to just that particular
site by typing site: in the search bar.
KU Basketball(20,300,000 results)

6. Limit the date range.
By adding a date range you can search for the
most current information. Type year..year for the
range limiting feature.
KU Basketball(20,300,000 results) or

7. File type searches: pdf,
jpg, doc, pages, etc.
If a specific format is desired for your
information, such as pdf., type filetype:pdf and
all results will be in that format.
“Court case brief” –sample (156,000 results) or

8. Be Specific, Limit Search
Basketball (700,000,000 results)
site:SI.com KU basketball "Final Four" 2012
(1,480 results)
Filetype:pdf "KU basketball" (11,200 results)

9. Keyboard Shortcuts
Select address bar
High light key words
Zoom in or out
Screen shot

10. Select address bar (short
cut)
After scanning your search results you can
refine those results by selected the address bar
quickly without scrolling back to the top of the
page.

11. High light key words
(short cut)
By high lighting keywords when looking at any
web site or document you can make keywords
stand out and eliminate scanning the entire
document or site for information.

12. Zoom in or out (short cut)
To increase or decease the size of print for
easier reading zoom in or out.

13. Screen shot (short cut)
Take a picture of anything on your screen either
by taking a screen shot of the entire screen or
capture the exact area on your screen by making
a box around it. The screen shot will than be
saved to you desktop.

14. Screen shot of high lighted
key words on a website.
There were over 70 file types in the following list proved by
http://www.cometdocs.com/blog/an-ultimate-list-of-
document-file-formats. I was able to high light all file formats
for Microsoft.

15. Overview
Be specific, eliminate words.
Limit search by site, date, or file type.
Use short cuts to quickly scan results by high
lighting.
Take a picture to reference later.

16. References
Karch, M. (n.d.). Tips for Searching Effectively with
Google. Google – Google Tips Tricks and News.
Retrieved July 12, 2012, from
http://google.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/ss/useefec
tivesbs.htm
UWLibraries (2012, January 5). 20 Google Search
Shortcuts to Hone Your Google-Fu. Lifehacker, tips and
downloads for getting things done. Retrieved July 12,
2012, from http://lifehacker.com/5940946/20-google-
search-shortcuts-to-hone-your-google+fu