New Search Strategies Advanced Techniques, Approaches, & Sources Internet Librarian 2006 By Greg R. Notess, SearchEngineShowdown.com

Advanced Search Techniques Not always needed Useful only for specific needs But can then be very helpful

Not always needed

Useful only for specific needs

But can then be very helpful

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Overview chart for quick lookup

Each cell links to detailed review

Use it when you need the feature

1. Search Transfer Between Search Engines Between Databases at an Engine How? Tabs, Search Box, Bookmarklets

Between Search Engines

Between Databases at an Engine

How?

Tabs, Search Box, Bookmarklets

2. Refine & Explore Terms Ask & Exalead: Look Right Clusty: Top Results Folders (Left) Business: Northern Light is Back

Ask & Exalead: Look Right

Clusty: Top Results Folders (Left)

Business: Northern Light is Back

3. Search as You Type Google Suggest AlltheWeb Livesearch Using Yahoo! Database

Google Suggest

AlltheWeb Livesearch

Using Yahoo! Database

4. The Defining Moment Answers.com Wikipedia Yahoo! Reference define:term at Google

Answers.com

Wikipedia

Yahoo! Reference

define:term at Google

5. Search Societies Tags at social bookmarking sites Del.icio.us for tech and buzz FURL for more professional? Connotea for scientific

Tags at social bookmarking sites

Del.icio.us for tech and buzz

FURL for more professional?

Connotea for scientific

Field Searching Restrict to a subset of Web Dig deep instead of broad site, inurl, country Link searching Explore link patterns on the Web

Restrict to a subset of Web

Dig deep instead of broad

site, inurl, country

Link searching

Explore link patterns on the Web

6. Basic Subset Searching site:gov OR site:harvard.edu At Google, Yahoo!, Live, Ask, etc. Up to 200 at Gigablast For other URL segments inurl:somewhere.edu/library

site:gov OR site:harvard.edu

At Google, Yahoo!, Live, Ask, etc.

Up to 200 at Gigablast

For other URL segments

inurl:somewhere.edu/library

7. Expanded Subset Searching Rollyo Yahoo! Database, create list Live Macros Combine domains with more

Rollyo

Yahoo! Database, create list

Live Macros

Combine domains with more

8. Filetype Searches On Advanced Search Page –or- filetype:pdf Google, Live, Exa originurlextension:pdf At Yahoo!

On Advanced Search Page –or-

filetype:pdf Google, Live, Exa

originurlextension:pdf

At Yahoo!

Filetype Tricks Errors Leave off first letter Spaces between words Exalead Analysis

Errors

Leave off first letter

Spaces between words

Exalead Analysis

9. Link Searching link:http://ibm.com Works at Google, Live, Yahoo!, Exa Google is incomplete Yahoo! & Live much more detailed And can combine

link:http://ibm.com

Works at Google, Live, Yahoo!, Exa

Google is incomplete

Yahoo! & Live much more detailed

And can combine

And Brand New: Live.com new operator linkfromdomain:loc.gov site:hr

Live.com new operator

linkfromdomain:loc.gov site:hr

10. Beyond “Phrase Searching” Proximity at Exalead NEAR for 16 word proximity NEAR/4 for 4 word proximity Less control/precision at Google ” word1 * word2”

Proximity at Exalead

NEAR for 16 word proximity

NEAR/4 for 4 word proximity

Less control/precision at Google

” word1 * word2”

11. Cache to the Past Multiple Sources Each with a Specific Date Find Dead, Downed, & Removed History of Changes

Multiple Sources

Each with a Specific Date

Find Dead, Downed, & Removed

History of Changes

Cache Details Google, MSN, Gigablast, Ask, Exalead Include Date of Crawl Also at Yahoo! No date Wayback Machine archive.org Many dates

Google, MSN, Gigablast, Ask, Exalead

Include Date of Crawl

Also at Yahoo!

No date

Wayback Machine archive.org

Many dates

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