Google and Google Scholar
Google Search Tricks in 4-minutes: http://youtu.be/fAQwWwZ8fs4
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Google Search Commands
(no spaces between the command and the search term)
“word phrase” – use quotes around a phrase to search the words together;
example: “active learning”
~word – use a tilde in front of a word to find related terms;
example: ~learning
-word – use a minus sign or hypen to exclude words;
example: learning -passive
intitle:word – use intitle: to find more relevant results;
example: intitle:learning
site:url – use site: to search within a specific institution or domain;
example: site:ed.gov or site:.edu
filetype:ext – use filetype: with a file extension to search for specific materials such as PDFs or Word Docs;
example: filetype:pdf (good way to find handouts or articles) or filetype:xls (to find spreadsheets)
related:url – use related: with a web address to find other sites similar to that one;
example: related:osucascades.edu
Try combining some of these commands in one search. Copy and paste this into Google to see what happens:
site:ed.gov filetype:pdf “lesson plans”
Additional Google Search Features
Set up Google Scholar to include OSU Libraries’ links:
From the Google Scholar home page, click on Settings in the top right corner.
Near the top, click on Library Links. Search for Oregon State and you should see “Oregon State University Libraries” show up as an option. Select that, and click the Save button.
Now, when you do a search in Google Scholar, you’ll see “Find it at OSU” next to many of the articles.
NOTE: Even if OSU doesn’t have the article, we can get it for you! Don’t pay for the articles you find online. Ask us to get them for you! That’s what we’re here for. 🙂 See: Interlibrary Loan
