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Despite its **magical** powers, Google cannot find everything on the World Wide Web.  Some pages are simply not find-able with a Google search.  For example:

1.  Password-protected pages, or subscription content.

2.  Dynamically-created pages.

 

3.  Results from some database & archives content. [i.e.: Bureau of Labor Statistics]

 

4.  Pages specifically coded not to be found via a Google search.

 

 

Q:  How does the Google search engine get its results?  

A:  Watch this YouTube video (from home) on

 

 

 

ANSWER:  In short, BETTER SEARCHES!  Follow these suggestions & tips.

 

 

1.  Every word matters!  [Try searching who, the who, and a who.]

 

2.  Choose good keywords.  Key words are words essential to your search. 

3.  Try alternate phrasing, if necessary.

 

4.  Order matters!  [Try searching blue sky and sky blue.]

 

5.  Use quotes to keep sequential words together.  [ "nat's pizza" ]

 

6.  Use (-) to eliminate words from the results. 
[ jaguar speed -car -auto ]

 

7.  Use (~) to find related words.  [~college will also search university, higher education, students]

 

 

9.  Use some Google advanced search tips to uncover results hidden in the 'deep' or 'invisible' web.

 

 

 

 

1.  Search for collections of primary sources or scholarly resources by using these words along with your search term. 
[i.e.: "supreme court" archive]

               Archive                   Pathfinder                Links
               Database                 Reference                Works Cited
               Exhibit                    Bibliography             Museum
               Collection                Research                  Records

 

2.  Combine two or three of the terms above along with your search term.

[i.e.: "supreme court" archive OR collection OR database]

 

3.  If you find a great website, use site: (name of site) to search across it for pages on your topic. 

[site: oyez.org miranda]  This will search the Oyez website for all references to the Miranda v Arizona case.

 

 

4.  If you want to find a particular file type (pdf, PowerPoint, Excel spreadsheet), use filetype: 

["margaret mead" filetype:pdf]

 

5.  Use the filters at the top of a Google results page to narrow results.
[tailor swift vs tailor swift filtered by Verbatim mode]

 

6.  Use the advanced search tool to further refine results.

 

               

 MORE GOOGLE TOOLS TO TRY

 

1.  - allows you to search across the titles and text of digitized books and magazines in Google's collection.  If the book is in the public domain,  you can read the entire text, otherwise you are allowed enough of a preview to know if it may be worth trying to borrow a print copy.  You can also search for keywords within a book, to see how often that topic or person is mentioned.

 

2.  - allows you to search across articles in scholarly publications.  Searching academic papers, theses, journal articles, and books not only enables you to further your research, but also to take a look at that author's sources for more potential ideas.

 

3.  - allows you to search how often a word, person, or phrase has appeared in published works in Google Books.  Gives you a graph that can be printed or embedded in a website.