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1. Advanced Google Searching

2. Google Applications
– Videos: YouTube and Video Search
– Images: Image Search and Picasa
– Books – read a book online
– Maps and Google Earth
– Blog Search and Blogger
– Scholar – deep search engine
– Sketchup
– Code
• Check out the Google Products page

3. Advanced Google Search Page
• http://www.google.com/advanced_search?
hl=en

4. FILTERING GOOGLE SEARCHES

5. Filtering Search Results

6. Google and Boolean Operators
AND and NOT
+ = and
- = not
Example:
• performance enhancing drugs -.com
Note:
the is no space
between the minus and the .com

7. Combined + and - Search Filtering
• You can use more than one filter in a
single search string
–Example:
• film history +.au* +.pdf -.com*

8. Filtering by Domain or Location
• You can search within a particular
domain:
–Example:
• site:.edu
• site:.gov
• site:.org
• restaurants site:.au "Port Macquarie"

9. Filtering Search by File Type
• You can use a plus (+) sign to request a
particular file type -- .ppt .doc .pdf .jpg
• You can also do it this way:
• Example: harvard referencing filetype:ppt
• Example: ansell adams filetype:jpg

10. Boolean OR
• Use OR (in capital letters) to search more than
one term
• Example:
–Youth OR young workers
Google will retrieve sites with either word

11. Searching within a specific website
• You can search within a specific website.
Example:
– pdf site:www.aic.gov.au
This will retrieve PDF documents stored in the
Australian Institute of Criminology site
• Note: There is no space
between site: and the website address.

12. Searching within a site - again
• Search within a site to find something on a
particular topic
Example:
Alexander McQueen
site:www.vogue.com

13. SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND WHAT
THEY DO
+ - ~ * “---”

14. What Does the Asterisk (*) Do?
• Use the *to get everything that comes after
the asterisk
Example:
• film history +.au* +.pdf -.com*
• Google will also retrieve sites with:
–xxxxx.au/publications
–xxxxx.com/links/1945-2000

15. Synonyms
•
Try the ~symbol and
Google will also search for words with the
same meaning
Example:
•photoshop ~tutorial
Will also search for keywords: guide,
manual, reference etc.

16. Parentheses
• Use inverted commas to search by a phrase
Example
"imagine all the people“
Don’t worry too much! Google does
this anyway

17. What About Plurals
• Google will automatically plural a word in a
search
Example
– dog
Will also retrieve sites about dogs

18. MORE USEFUL
GOOGLE
SEARCH FEATURES

19. Definitions
• define: <word>
• Use this feature to see the definition of
a word.
Example:
define: tech savvy

20. Searching by Number Range
Example:
fashion photography 1960..1970

21. Link Query
• find pages that link to a specific page
Example:
link:google.com

22. Related Query
• Use this to find sites that are similar to a URL
you already know
Example
related:vogue.com

23. Google Calculator
• Try the following search string
Example:
– 48512 * 1.02

24. More Information
• ADVANCED SEARCH PAGE:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
• Search operators:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136
861?hl=en
• Google cheatsheet:
http://websearch.about.com/library/cheatsheet/blg
ooglecheatsheet.htm