WR122 Burnell

It is often more effective to search for information on the Internet when you are looking for:

1. Statistics
2. Blogs
3. Topics or ways of knowing that have historically been / are excluded from research and publishing
4. Information by creators who have historically been / are excluded from research and publishing
5. Open Access journals
6. Government research and reports
7. Non-profit organizations' research reports
8. Think tanks' research reports
9. Infographics
10. Information about a topic that you know nothing about 

Based on your experiences and knowledge of your topics, what types of information would you add to this list?

We all use it - now let's learn to use it better! Improving your Googling skills will save you time and make it easier to identify better sources of information. Tips and tricks are explained below.

1. Use quotation marks around your search terms to search for the words in the exact order you would like, instead of separately.

1. Use intitle: to retrieve webpages with your keywords in the title of the webpage

1. Use site:. to retrieve webpages from URLs in the domain (.gov, .edu, .org) you specify.  

1. Use - (a hyphen or minus sign) in front of words to exclude them from your search results.

1. Use OR in between words to have either or both of the words included in your search results. OR must be capitalized. This is a good way to search for synonyms.

In the above example, Google will find results that include (election AND fraud) and (voter AND fraud).

1. Use filetype: to retrieve specific types of files (instead of html webpages). Works for finding most file types.

1. Use several strategies at once for very specific results.