Start with Middle School Research Page Topic Links J

Use "…" (quotation marks) around a word or a phrase that you want Google to use to search

Use only a few keywords and put the most important keyword first.

Use OR if you want Google to find either word (OR must be capitalized or Google will ignore it)

Use - (minus sign) if you don't want Google to find a word

Use intitle: it will make Google find the word in the title of the site

Use define: when you are looking for very specific information about a word

Use Google Images when you are looking for pictures

Use site: .. it limits your search to .com or .org or .edu or use -site: to not get .com sites

Use * -- it acts as a "wild card" ..it can mean any word, so if you don't know an exact phrase, you can put in * where you don't know the word.

Use #..# -- use two dots between numbers to set a range. Include a word, too, so Google knows what the range of numbers is about!

Use ~ -- put a tilde (~) before a word and Google will look for any synonyms. Especially useful if you are looking for other keywords for your topic.

Use related: -- put in front of a url to find related websites

For more Google hints, go to www.google.com… click on More… go to Help Center… geek/nerd heaven!!