Basic Examples
This Search |
Finds Pages Containing... |
biking Italy |
the words biking and Italy |
recycle steel OR iron |
information on recycling steel or recycling iron |
"I have a dream" |
the exact phrase I have a dream |
salsa –dance |
the word salsa but NOT the word dance |
Louis "I" France |
information about Louis the First (I), weeding out other kings of France |
castle ~glossary |
glossaries about castles, as well as dictonaries, lists of terms, terminology, etc. |
fortune-telling |
all forms of the term, whether spelled as a single word, a phrase, or hyphenated |
define:imbroglio |
definitions of the word imbroglio from the Web |
Alternative Query Types
Operators |
Meaning |
Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
cache: |
Display Google's cached version of a web page. |
cache:www.irs.gov(Show Google's cached version of the US Internal Revenue Service home page.) |
info: (or id:) |
Find info about a page. |
info:www.theonion.com (Find information about The Onion website.) |
related: |
List web pages that are similar or related to the URL. |
related:www.healthfinder.gov (Find websites related to the Healthfinder website.) |
Calculator
Operators |
Meaning |
Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
+ – * / |
basic arithmetic |
12 + 34 - 56 * 7 / 8 |
% of |
percentage of |
45% of 39 |
^ or ** |
raise to a power |
2^5 or 2**5 |
old units in new units |
convert units |
300 Euros in USD, 130 lbs in kg, or 31 in hex |
Restrict Search to Google News
Operators |
Meaning |
Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
location: |
Find News articles from sources located in the specified location. |
queen location:uk (Find British news articles on the Queen.) |
source: |
Find News articles from specified sources. |
peace source:ha_aretz (Show articles on peace from the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.) |
Restrict Search to Google Groups
Operators |
Meaning |
Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
author: |
Find Groups messages from the specified author. |
flying author:Hamish author:Reid (Search for Hamish Reid's articles on flying.) |
group: |
Find Groups messages from the specified newsgroup. |
ivan doig group:rec.arts.books (Search for postings about Ivan Doig in the group rec.arts.books.) |
insubject: |
Find Groups messages containing crazy quilts in the subject. |
insubject:"crazy quilts" (Find articles containing crazy quilts in the subject line.) |
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Restrict Search
Operators |
Meaning |
Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
city1 city2 |
Book flights. |
sfo bos (Book flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Boston (BOS).) |
site: |
Search only one website or domain. |
Halloween site:www.census.gov (Search for information on Halloween gathered by the US Census Bureau.) |
[#]..[#] |
Search within a range of numbers. |
Dave Barry pirate 2002..2006 (Search for Dave Barry articles mentioning pirates written in these years.) |
filetype: (or ext:) |
Find documents of the specified type. |
Form 1098-T IRS filetype:pdf (Find the US tax form 1098-T in PDF format.) |
link: |
Find linked pages, i.e., show pages that point to the URL. |
link:warriorlibrarian.com (Find pages that link to Warrior Librarian's website.) |
Specialized Information Queries
Operators |
Meaning |
Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
book (or books) |
Search full-text of books. |
book Ender's Game (Show book-related information. Note: No colon needed after book.) |
define, what is, what are |
Show a definition for a word or phrase. |
define monopsony, what is podcast (Show a definition for the words monopsony and podcast. Note: No colon after define, what is, or what are.) |
define: |
Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms from the Web. |
define:kerning (Find definitions for kerning from the Web.) |
movie: |
Find reviews and showtimes. |
movie: traffic (Search for information about this movie, including reviews, showtimes, etc.) |
stocks: |
Given ticker symbols, show stock information |
stocks: goog (Find Google's current stock price.) |
weather |
Given a location (US zip code or city), show the weather |
weather Seattle WA, weather 81612 (Show the current weather and forecast. Note: No colon after weather.) |
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Restrict Search to Sites where Query Words Appear
Operators |
Meaning |
Type Into Search Box (& Results) |
allinanchor: |
All query words must appear in anchor text of links to the page. |
allinanchor:useful parenting sites (Search for pages that are called useful parenting sites by others.) |
inanchor: |
Terms must appear in anchor text of links to the page. |
restaurants Portland inanchor:kid-friendly (Search for pages on Portland restaurants for which links to the page say they are "kid friendly.") |
allintext: |
All query words must appear in the text of the page. |
allintext:ingredients cilantro chicken lime (Search for recipes with these three ingredients.) |
intext: |
The terms must appear in the text of the page. |
Dan Shugar intext:Powerlight (Find pages mentioning Dan Shugar where his company, Powerlight, is included in the text of the page, i.e., less likely to be from the corporate website.) |
allintitle: |
All query words must appear in the title of the page. |
allintitle: Google Advanced Operators (Search for pages with titles containing "Google," "Advanced,", and "Operators".) |
intitle: |
The terms must appear in the title of the page. |
movies comedy intitle:top ten (Search for pages with the words movie and comedy that include top ten in the title of the page.) |
allinurl: |
All query words must appear in the URL. |
allinurl:pez faq (Search for pages containing the words pez & faq in the URL.) |
inurl: |
The terms must appear in the URL of the page. |
pharmaceutical inurl:investor (Search for pages in which the URL contains the word investor.) |
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> Louis "I" France
I don't this one does what you think it does.
Wonderful checklist, great work!
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