Google is a popular database. It is favored by librarians because it ranks its results depending on how many other Web pages link to the result. This makes it more difficult for Web sites to rig the results and force their pages to rank first.
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FEATURE |
EXAMPLE |
DESCRIPTION |
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10 words maximum |
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Default AND |
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myanmar|burma |
Use | for OR |
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" " |
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Put quotes around phrases |
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- |
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Use – for NOT |
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* |
"short letter * * * * long one" |
Replace a word with * |
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~ |
~help microsoft Office 2007 ~guide apa style |
Find synonyms with ~ |
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intitle: |
intitle:"Indiana state university" |
Finds the word in the title of the Web page |
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intext: |
intext:yahoo.com |
Finds the word in the body text; ignores titles, URL, link text |
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inanchor: |
inanchor:"ISU library" |
Finds words and images on a Web page that link to another page (descriptive text of a link); includes text, icons, images, and buttons |
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site: |
site:loc.gov site:.edu |
Finds word within a site or top level domain; does not search subdirectories |
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inurl: |
inurl:help |
Finds the string in the URL |
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link: |
link:library.indstate.edu |
Returns pages linking to the URL |
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cache: |
cache:www.yahoo.com |
Searches Google cache for page |
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filetype: |
filetype:ppt filetype:asp filetype:php |
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related: |
related:www.google.com related:library.indstate.edu |
Finds categories of Web pages |
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info: |
info:martinlutherking.org |
Finds links to more information about a URL |
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define: |
define:sedulous |
Defines a word |
