Google Tips and Tricks

                Some of the more common search types from the video:

Tip #1:   Use Multiple Keywords

• use a few keywords to search for your topic

Tip #2:   Use quotes for phrases, names or similar related phrases

• "Tommy Lee Jones"       "to be or not to be"      "imagine all the people"

Tip #3:   Negative sign   -   to exclude a term

• Washington -DC

Tip #4:   OR         requires either of the terms to be found in results

• drug OR abuse

• teens OR adolescents

Tip #6:   site    use site: then website and topic

• site:www.nasa.gov horsehead nebula

TIP #7 Use define:   

define:fishcakes

Tip #9:   Wildcard *

• Largest*    Oldest *    Tallest *    

Tip#10:   filetype:

• the Raven mp3

• will also search many file formats including   .pdf       .docx       .ppt       .xls      
• See listing of all filetypes available to search in google:    Filetypes in google

Implied AND

Important concept for internet search

The default Google search includes AND between terms.   This requires that all terms in the search are included

drug AND abuse