Advanced Search
Google is an extremely powerful search engine but you need to know how to maximize it’s efficiency through advanced search methods that will help you increase chances of your discovery of knowledge much more effectively. I will now go over the specific commands and functions that are needed to achieve a refined search. Google operators are needed to be used as commands to omit and narrow down your search and get rid of the other material that is less relevant. Google operators are essentially search terms and here are some of the most useful ones that you should know to maximize your access to quality material.
-define:
use the operator “define:” followed by the words of your choice to give you the definition of it
i.e. define: classical
-filetype:
use “filetype:” followed by the file extension then by the word
i.e. filetype:pdf fine art painting
-site:
“site:” to only search the content in that specific website
i.e. site:ryerson.ca photography
-double quotation:
putting words in the double quote will search for exact phrases and the phrase as a whole
i.e. “Rosie Hardy”
-allinurl:
only provides results with the words that appear in the page url
i.e. allineurl:paint
-related:
will list searches in which are similar to a specific web page
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