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* Whole word wildcard "Thomas * Edison"
Google Scholar
Searches for a missing Returns results:
word in a phrase search. Thomas Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edison

"Obama voted * on the * bill"

~ Synonyms ~neuroscience

Searches for a specified Returns results:

keyword and words that neurophysiology
are similar to that word. neurobiology
Adding a plus sign before a brain
word disables synonyms. neurology

"SciFinder Scholar" ~tutorial

Returns results:
SciFinder Scholar help
SciFinder Scholar guide
SciFinder Scholar

... Range search

documentation

Find laptops that cost $250 to $500.

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number...number $250...$500 laptops

Find laptops with screen sizes between 14

and 17 inches.

14inch...17inch laptops
Find milestones in science that took place
between 1910 and 1920.
"science milestones" 1910...1920

allintext: Searches for multiple words in Find help for email fraud in Microsoft
the body of the search result. Outlook.
Begin the query with allintext:microsoft help fraudulent email
allintext:
There is no space between
allintext: and the following
word.
Google will restrict the
results to pages that have
all the query words in the
body of the document.
Do not use a phrase search
with the allintext: operator;
use intext:

allintitle: Searches for multiple words in Find information about the Toyota auto
the title of the search result. recalls.
Begin the query with allintitle:Toyota recall
allintitle:
There is no space between
allintitle: and the following
word.
 word.
Google will restrict the
results to pages that have
all the query words in the
title of the document.
Do not use a phrase search
with the allintitle: operator;
use intitle:

allinurl: Searches for multiple words in Find help for Microsoft Vista.
the url of the search result.
allinurl:microsoft help vista
Begin the query with
allinurl:
There is no space between
allinurl: and the following
word.
Google will restrict the
results to pages that have
all the query words in the
document url.
Do not use a phrase search
with the allinurl: operator;
use intext:

de ne: Searches for de nitions of de ne:combinatorics

words from various web
de ne passive voice
sources. The operator can be
used with or without the colon.
Use the operator in the
form de ne: and the results
are restricted to a list of
definitions.
Use the operator without
the colon, de ne, and the
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results are broadened to
include definitions as well
as other relevant pages.
Use de ne if more than one
word is entered in the
query. The definition will be
for the entire phrase as
typed.

letype: Restrict your search to a Find PDF Federal tax forms.

speci c le type.
IRS tax forms letype:pdf
There is no space between
letype: and the following
word.
Look here for a list of
filetypes returned in a
Google search.

intext: Searches for a single word or Find help for email fraud in Microsoft
phrase in the body of the Outlook.
search result.
help site:microsoft.com intext:email
There is no space between intext:fraudulent
intext: and the following
Find funding opportunities provided by
word.
the Society of Neuroscience.
Google will restrict the
results to pages that have allintext:grants funding intext:"Society of
the query word or phrase in Neuroscience"
the body of the document.

intitle: Searches for a single word or Find information about the use of robots
phrase in the title of the in the production of Toyota vehicles.
search result.
assembly line robots intitle:Toyota
 search result.
assembly line robots intitle:Toyota
There is no space between
Find information about RSS feeds
intitle: and the following
provided by the MIT Libraires.
word.
Google will restrict the intitle:"MIT Libraries" intitle:"RSS feeds"
results to pages that have
the query word or phrase in
the title of the document.

inurl: Searches for a single word or Find information about Periodic Table
phrase in the url of the search ipad apps from Apple.com
result.
ipad apps intext:"periodic table"
There is no space between inurl:www.apple.com
inurl: and the following
 
word.
Google will restrict the
results to pages that have
the query word or phrase in
the url of the document.

movie: Searches for show times by Find what's playing and when in
location or for a speci c Cambridge.
movie.
movie:02139

Find reviews and showtimes for Iron Man

2 near Needham, MA.

movie:Iron Man 2 movie:02492

phonebook: Displays phonebook listings. Find a business or residential listing in

Results may vary depending on Massachusetts for Smith.

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whether the search is performed
in Google phonebook or Google
phonebook:smith ma
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Web. Find a residential listing for Tim Beaver.

phonebook: search for rphonebook:tim beaver

business and residential Find a listing for a hardware store in
listings. Cambridge, MA.
bphonebook: search for
business listings only. bphonebook:hardware cambridge ma
rphonebook: search for
residential listings only.
Queries can be entered in
various ways:
first name (or first
initial), last name, city
first name (or first
initial), last name,
state
first name (or first
initial), last name, area
code
first name (or first
initial), last name, zip
code
last name, city, state
last name, zip code
phone number,
including area code
Searching by the first initial
may result in false
information. Most entries
include first names spelled
out. When in doubt, search
by last name only.
Adding city and state
information is optional.
 stocks: Displays the current stock Find the current stock quote for Lockheed
quote. Martin.

stocks:ticker symbol stocks:LMT

Search for ticker symbols
here.

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