SJSU Research Guides: Advanced Google: Search Strategies

General Google Search Strategies

Google Search Techniques	Web	Scholar	Patents	Video	Images
Automatic spell-check	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Search for a specific phrase → "Computer Simulation”	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Exclude words using '-' sign → Games -online [no space after minus sign]	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Combine search using OR → race OR marathon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Word in the title → allintitle:“real-time simulation” [no space after colon]	✔	✔	❌	✔	❌
Words in the text → allintext:“real-time simulation” [no space after colon]	✔	✔	❌	✔	❌
Related website search → related:cnn.com [To retrieve similar sites]	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌
Specific document type → "augmented reality" filetype:ppt [no space after colon]	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌
Search within a specific website → site:cdc.gov "SARS fever" [no space after colon]	✔	✔	❌	✔	❌
View cached version of a site → cache:sjsu.edu [no space after colon]	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌
Use @ for social media → @orkut	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌
Use $ to return price → Laptop $500	✔	❌	❌	✔	✔
Search # → #sjsuspartans	✔	❌	❌	✔	❌

Other Search Techniques

You can perform a private search on other Google products. Just type 'my' followed by a keyword. The following search return correct results: my flights, my reminders, my packages, my calendar, my events, my photos, my bills and my reservations
Note: You need to sign in your Gmail account first.
Timer ⇒ 20 min timer
Stopwatch ⇒ stopwatch
Calculator ⇒ 48512 * 1.02
Unit converter ⇒ degrees to Fahrenheit
Plot graphs ⇒ sin(x), e^(x)