Advanced Searching with Created by Britny Lanunyon, UNT Practicum Student, September 9, 2009
Why is Advanced Searching Important?
Chaos of the Internet The internet is a wonderful storehouse of knowledge… But all that information can be a mess!
How Basic Searches Work § § § Generally, every word matters Capitalization doesn’t matter Generally, punctuation (@, $, ; , etc. ) is ignored
Weaknesses of a basic search Google searches by keyword so every word on a webpage is considered This can lead to problems: • Irrelevant information • Incorrect information • Unreliable information
A Helpful Tool With advanced searching you can narrow your search to find exactly what your looking for the first time!
How to use Advanced Searching
Phrase Search “” Purpose: To search for an exact phrase in an exact order with no changes. Use: Place quotation marks (“”) around the phrase.
Phrase Search Example To search for the movie Gone with the Wind Ex: “gone with the wind” movie
Within a Site site: Purpose: To look for something within a specific website or class of websites Use: After entering the search terms, type site: followed by the website url with no space in between.
Within a Site Example To search for articles about water conservation from the New York Times Ex: water conservation site: newyorktimes. com To search for articles about water conservation from only educational websites Ex: water conservation site: . edu
Exclude Terms - Purpose: To exclude a term from a search in order to narrow the search by what you DON’T want to find. Use: Place a minus sign (-) in front of the excluded term.
Exclude Terms Example To search for jaguars, as in the animal Ex: jaguar -car -football -os To search for Franz Ferdinand the Archduke, not the band Ex: franz ferdinand -band
Fill in the Blank * Purpose: To specify an unknown term Use: Place an asterisk (*) in the place of an unknown term
Fill in the Blank Example To search for recipes for different cakes Ex: * cake recipes To search for the full term for dna Ex: dna stands for *
Search As Is + Purpose: To keep a search term exactly as is without any automatic synonym matching Use: add a plus sign (+) before the word with no space in between
Search As Is Example To search for the term tx history, keeping the abbreviation Ex: +tx history To search for “childcare” as one word Ex: +childcare
The OR operator OR Purpose: To allow either one of different words as a result Use: Type the word OR in all caps in between the interchangeable words
OR Operator Example To search for the presidential candidates in the last two elections Ex. presidential candidates 2008 OR 2004 To search for DNA history under its abbreviated or its full name Ex. dna OR “deoxyribonucleic acid” history
Clicking “Advanced Search” Even more options!
The Advanced Search Page Combine those we’ve already seen: § Phrase search § The OR operator § Exclude terms § Search within a site
The Advanced Search Page And add a ton of others: § § § § Language File type Date Usage rights Place of keyword occurrence Region of publishing Number range
Let’s run through an example www. google. com
Thanks for listening! Any questions?
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