Google Search TipsAdvanced Features.ppt

11/23/2003 11/18/2003 Google Search Tips: Lesser Used Features Darling Library - RRH Google Search Tips:Advanced Features By Robin Hartman, Associate Librarian Darling Library – Hope International University Adapted from “A Google Gambol” (Internet Librarian 2003) Greg Notess, Creator, Search Engine Showdown Reference Librarian, Montana State University Advanced Features of Google Query modifiers filetypes define Wild Card Word in Phrase (WCWIP) GAPS (proximity search) Punctuation Diacritics Query modifiers Use these commands in the search window. intitle:test allintitle:test results inurl:testresults allinurl:testresults personality allintext:test results personality allinanchor:test results personality site: filetype:doc intitle:test results allintitle:test results ALL of the search terms will be found in the title. inurl:test results inurl:test results – only test must be found in the web address (URL) allinurl:test results Both test AND results must be found in the web address. allintext Sometimes you get pages that do not have your search term/phrase in them. Why? Because Google also searches for pages that just link to the target page. Use allintext to get only those pages that have your search terms in them. Compare the searches in the next two slides… 1. crash test results 2. allintext:crash test results allinanchor Returns only pages that link to pages with your search terms, but not in the actual pages. This is the opposite of allintext. site: Limit your search to a specific web site. Enter search terms then qualifier. EXAMPLES: “elephant race” site: Finds elephant race(s) on the Cal State Fullerton site dinosaur site: Finds dinosaur on the Smithsonian Institute site One more… schwarzenegger site: filetype: You can specify a type of document to search. EXAMPLES: pdf – Adobe readable files doc – Microsoft Word documents mdb – Microsoft Access databases jpg, gif, tif – graphics, photos ppt – Microsoft PowerPoint presentations Putting it all together