There are a few simple tips that will reduce your searching time. The goal is to end up with the information you are looking for as quickly as possible.
Three important search tips:
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Use quotation marks to look for words in the exact order that you enter them.
Ex. “human rights”
•Use a minus sign to exclude a word from your search.
Ex. Vikings-Minnesota
•Limit your search to Web sites by certain groups, such as colleges, universities or organizations (or use advanced search in Google)
Ex. Site:edu or site:org
The first step in searching is to know what you are looking for.
•Use keywords are effective “as is”
•Use intermediate words represent import ideas but aren’t effective “as is”
•Omit words that have little effect on the outcome
•Omit “stop” words that are ignored by a search engine
