10 Science : Chemistry

   Search Tips:

• Identify Key Words: Write out questions, circle necessary words, anticipate words in the answer
• Use Booleans to narrow or broaden your search (And, Or, Not)
• Use truncation (*) to catch more results (for example: creat* will bring create, creation, creating...)
• Use quotation marks to keep exact phrases together ("Florida Marlins")
• Use wildcards (?) to catch various spellings or meanings (wom?n brings woman and women)
• Use a minus sign to filter out irrelevant results (-fish)
• Filter results with "Search Tools" in Google
• Search for files and scans using " filetype:pdf" in a search
• Limit results by domain, such as .gov  .edu  .cn
• Limit to terms in the title of a site or article with "intitle:"

Sample Search String:

• "amnesty international"    iran   intitle:execution*    site:http://.gov    "cultur* impact"    -oil

Using Google? Choose Advanced Search

Build a search string with Boolify - a puzzle-style google search

AND

• will find the words together to narrow your results
• tells the database that ALL search terms must be included in the results
• example: cloning AND humans AND ethics => a result about all three topics

OR

• connects two or more similar concepts 
• broadens your results, telling the database that ANY of your search terms can be present in the resulting records
• example: cloning OR genetics OR reproduction => Results can have 1, 2, or all of the words

NOT

• excludes words you have identified as not helpful 
• example: cloning NOT sheep => Gives results the limit a word, in this case "Sheep" should not appear