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This guide is for secondary student (MS/HS) containing a variety of resources to support reading, digital citizenship, citation, and research.

Databases, Subscriptions, Links

 

 

Google Search Operators (GSO)

Below is a list of search operators to assist in the research process

Place quotes around a "search term or phrase" which will  force an exact-match search. Use this to refine results for ambiguous searches, or to exclude synonyms when searching for single words. Example: "Steve Jobs" 

Use the minus sign (-) to exclude a search term or phrase. In our example, any pages returned will be related to jobs but not Apple (the company).

Example: jobs -apple

Use filetype to restrict results to those of a certain filetype: PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPT, etc.. 

Example: apple filetype:pdf

Use site to limit results to those from a specific website. 

Example: site:apple.com 

Use related to find sites related to a given domain.

Example: related:apple.com 

Use intitle: to find pages with a certain word (or words) in the title. In the example, any results containing the word “apple” in the title tag will be returned.

Example: intitle:apple

Use allintitle: which is similar to “intitle,” but only results containing all of the specified words in the title tag will be returned.

Example: allintitle:apple iphone

Use inurl: to find pages with a certain word (or words) in the URL. For this example, any results containing the word “apple” in the URL will be returned.

Example: inurl:apple

Use allinurlwhich is similar to “inurl,” but only results containing all of the specified words in the URL will be returned.

Example: allinurl:apple iphone

Use intext: to find pages containing a certain word (or words) somewhere in the content. For this example, any results containing the word “apple” in the page content will be returned.

Example: intext:apple

Use allintext: which is similar to “intext,” but only results containing all of the specified words somewhere on the page will be returned.

Example: allintext:apple iphone

Use this link so see all 42 Google Search Operators

 

How to Read a Research Paper