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FEATURE |
EXAMPLE |
DESCRIPTION |
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AND, + |
+retention |
Default AND |
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OR |
myanmar OR burma |
Capitalize the OR |
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" " |
"student enrollment" |
Put quotes around phrases |
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- |
retention -incarcerated |
Use – for NOT |
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intitle: |
intitle:"Indiana state university" |
Finds the word in the title of the Web page |
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site: |
site:indstate.edu site:.edu |
Finds word within a site or top level domain and all its subdirectories |
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hostname: |
Autos.yahoo.co |
Finds all documents from a host |
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url: |
url:lib.indstate.edu |
Finds a specific URL |
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inurl: |
inurl:help |
Finds the string in the URL |
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link: |
link:library.indstate.edu |
Finds pages linking to the URL |
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linkdomain: |
linkdomain:indstate.edu |
Finds pages linking to the specified domain |
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define: |
define:sedulous |
Defines a word |
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originurlextension: |
originurlextension:pdf originurlextension:html |
Limits to a file type using the extension |
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region: |
region:africa |
The domain and country limits on the advanced search pages can be expanded to groups by adding the following codes to other search terms |
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feature: acrobat |
feature:acrobat |
Page links to Adobe Acrobat PDF files |
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feature:applet |
feature:applet |
Page has embedded Java applets |
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feature:activex |
feature:activex |
Page has ActiveX controls or layouts |
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feature:audio |
feature:audio |
Page links to several audio formats |
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feature:flash |
feature:flash |
Page links to or has Flash files |
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feature:form |
feature:form |
Page uses forms |
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feature:frame |
feature:frame |
Page uses frames |
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feature:homepage |
feature:homepage |
Finds personal pages which use a tilde ~ before their directory |
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feature:image |
feature:image |
Page includes gif, jpg, and other image files |
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feature:index |
feature:index |
Home pages only |
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feature:javascript |
feature:javascript |
Pages uses JavaScript |
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feature:meta |
feature:meta |
Page includes meta tags |
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feature:script |
feature:script |
Page has embedded scripts |
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feature:shockwave |
feature:shockwave |
Page links to or has embedded shockwave files |
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feature:table |
feature:table |
Page uses tables |
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feature:video |
feature:video |
Page links to or has embedded video files |
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feature:vrml |
feature:vrml |
Page links to VRML files |
