Transcript 10 Ways to “Google It” BETTER

10 WAYS TO
“GOOGLE-IT”
BETTER
#1 TILDE(~)
 For synonym searches
#2 MINUS (-)
Exclusion
Works like NOT
#3 INTITLE:
Finds words included in the title of the website or
document found.
No space between operator and term searched
#4 FILETYPE:
Looks for web filetypes such as
jpegs, pdfs, docs etc.
ARE YOU HERE YET?
#5 TRUNCATION (*)
Acts as a fill in the blank OR alternative ending
Example: Mary had a little *
Example: Play*
#6 DEFINE:
Used to provide definitions
Don’t forget to eliminate spaces between
the colon and term
#7 SITE:
Finds information located in a
particular site or domain
#8 AROUND(N)
Finds terms within a specific number of words
one-another
Must use caps for “AROUND”
Space between # and second term searched
#9 AUTHOR:
Finds works with a particular author
Note: only available in Google
Scholar
#10 INTEXT:
Forces inclusion of an exact WORD
not just a concept
Example: intext:
supercalafragalisticexpialidocious
WHEW!
REFERENCES
 http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/11/23/infographic-get-more-out-ofgoogle.html
 Chitu, Alex. “Google’s AROUND operator for proximity search”. Blog. 8. Dec.
2010. 26 May 2012.
 Google. “Operators and Search help”. Google.com. 2012. Web. 20 Feb 2012.
 “Infographic: Get More Out Of Google”. Hack College.com. 23 Nov. 2011. Web.
12 Apr. 2012.
 Williams, George. “Update: Google Search Education”. The Chronicle of Higher
Education. 22 May 2012. Newsletter. 6 June 2012.