Power Searching Google And Google Scholar

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

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Advanced Google Search
Click here for
advanced search

The Advanced Search Page

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

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

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

More Tools
Here you can :

Increase the number of websites listed per page
Select websites written in a particular language
Select the type of file that your search retrieves
PowerPoint presentations, PDF files, Excel Spreadsheets,

and more!

Example: filetype:pdf , filetype:ppt
Search within a particular website or type of website
Example: site:cnn.com , site:.edu , site:.gov

Even More Features!

Date will retrieve recently updated pages
Find the latest news on your topic
Where your keywords show up
Anywhere in the page : very broad, may not be relevant
In the title of the page : Probably relevant to your search
In the text of the page: broad, may only mention your keywords once
In the URL of the page: Probably relevant to your search, but may not retrieve other useful sites
In links to the page: Find links to other websites related to your keywords

Even More Features!
Find pages similar to the page: searches for websites related or
similar to a specific URL
Example: related:www.framingham.edu
Retrieves pages similar towww.framingham.edu
Find pages that link to the page: searches for websites that link to
the URL you input
Example: link:www.framingham.edu
Retrieves pages that link to www.framingham.edu

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

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Search scholarly literature using Google
peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, articles and abstracts
Information that generally is NOT free on the web and

NOT accessible through a regular Google search

Connects with our library
For example, if you find an article you need, there may be a direct link to that article in one of our databases

Be certain to access Google Scholar through the Henry Whittemore Library
http://scholar.google.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/
Connects directly with our holdings – saves you time in finding articles and books!
Find the link in our A-Z list of databases on our homepage
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Click here for advanced search

Advanced Search : Google Scholar

This box is very similar to Advanced Google search
All words : AND between keywords
Exact phrase : “ ”
At least one word: OR between keywords
Without the words: -term

“American Soccer Teams” –college

Where my words occur:
Anywhere in the article : broad search, results may or may not be relevant
In the title of the article: more narrow, results may be more relevant but may also miss good sources

Search by AUTHOR of an article, book, theses, etc.
Search for articles published in a particular Journal