Search Engine Tips And Tricks

Search Engine Tips & Tricks

Popular Search Engines
Ask.com – 2 billion pages indexed
Yahoo.com – over 20 billion pages indexed
Google.com – undisclosed but HUGE

http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_tools.html Google Has A Cheat Sheet

Other Useful Search Engines
AltaVista.com
Babelfish for language translation
Askjeeves.com
Good for natural language queries
Mamma.com
Searches 7 major search engines

Other Search Functions Besides web pages, search engines can be used for: Calculator Dictionary Images Video News Shopping

Strategies
Use quotation marks to find words together
(“Great Depression”)
Use a minus (-) sign to exclude words
(Bears -Chicago)
Example search
“ seasonal depression” -great site:edu

site:.edu site:.edu results in a list of colleges and universities

site.:edu intitle: " index of " site.:edu intitle: "index of" results in a list of directories of universities and colleges

site:.edu filetype:pdf
site:.edu filetype:pdf
Results in a list of colleges
and universities with
.pdf files

site:.edu filetype:pdf "civil war"
site:.edu filetype:pdf "civil war"
Results in a list of colleges
and universities with
.pdf files that reference the
Civil War

site:vcu.edu filetype:pdf "civil war"
site:vcu.edu filetype:pdf "civil war“
Results in pdf files only from VCU
that reference the Civil War.

site:yale.edu intitle:"index.of" .mp3
site:yale.edu intitle:"index.of" .mp3
Results in mp3 files from
Yale University.

Construct Your Search
Question
What are the methods of tattoo
removal that a teen might consider?
Optimal search terms:
“ tattoo removal” teen site:gov
Answer:
Laser surgery, dermabrasion, surgical excision

Search Engine Tips And Tricks

by guestb981f2 on Nov 12, 2007

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