ISU Library Basics 

FEATURE

EXAMPLE

DESCRIPTION

10 words maximum

Default AND

|

myanmar|burma

Use | for OR

" "

Put quotes around phrases

-

Use – for NOT

*

"short letter * * * * long one"

Replace a word with *

~

~help microsoft Office 2007

~guide apa style

Find synonyms with ~

intitle:

intitle:"Indiana state university"

Finds the word in the title of the Web page

intext:

intext:yahoo.com

Finds the word in the body text; ignores titles, URL, link text

inanchor:

inanchor:"ISU library"

Finds words and images on a Web page that link to another page (descriptive text of a link); includes text, icons, images, and buttons

site:

site:loc.gov

site:.edu

Finds word within a site or top level domain; does not search subdirectories

inurl:

inurl:help

Finds the string in the URL

link:

link:library.indstate.edu

Returns pages linking to the URL

cache:

cache:www.yahoo.com

Searches Google cache for page

filetype:

filetype:ppt

filetype:asp

filetype:php

related:

related:www.google.com

related:library.indstate.edu

Finds categories of Web pages

info:

info:martinlutherking.org

Finds links to more information about a URL

define:

define:sedulous

Defines a word