Getting Geared Up With : Searching Beyond the Search Box Wendy E. Moore, M.S. in L.S. Acquisitions Librarian University of Georgia School of Law Alexander Campbell King Law Library INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH CLE – January 30, 2015
ADVANCED SEARCH OPTIONS PART 1
FIND PAGES WITH…
LANGUAGE
REGION
LAST UPDATE
SITE OR DOMAIN
TERMS APPEARING
SafeSearch
READING LEVEL
FILE TYPE
USAGE RIGHTS
ADVANCED IMAGE SEARCH
OPERATORS, PUNCTUATION, & SYMBOLS PART 2
SEARCH OPERATORS site: link: related: info: cache:
PROXIMITY OPERATOR
OR OPERATOR
PUNCTUATION & SYMBOLS + Plus sign Examples: +Chrome Example: “at” sign $ Dollar sign Example: printer $500 # Pound sign Example: #throwbackthursday #TBT - Minus/dash sign Example: jaguar speed -car Example: pandas -site:wikipedia.org Example: seventeen-year cicada
_ Underscore Example: loose_leaf finds looseleaf, loose-leaf, loose leaf Example: quick_sort finds quicksort and quick_sort " Double Quotes Example: "four score and seven" * Asterisk Example: "a * saved is a * earned" Example: Georgia was founded by * finds “Georgia was founded by colonist James Oglethrope” and “ReachOut Georgia was founded by people that want to”.. Double Period Example: iphone 6 $200..$300 MORE…
FILTERING SEARCH RESULTS PART 3
TYPE OF RESULTS
SEARCH TOOLS
SPECIALIZED SEARCH DATABASES PART 4
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
GOOGLE BOOKS
GOOGLE TRANSLATE
GOOGLE PATENTS
GOOGLE FINANCE
GOOGLE NEWS
TIPS TO REMEMBER #1 REVISE #2 ADVANCED SEARCH #3 TOOLS #4 HELP TIPS
QUESTIONS? THE END