Exact match: "search"
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If you're looking for an exact phrase, use quotation marks.
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For example: "let them eat cake"
Exclusion: -search
- Put a minus sign/hyphen in front of a word you want excluded from your search results. This is helpful if your search term has multiple meanings
- For example: inception -film
Site-specific: site:
- Put site: in front of a website or domain if you want to get results from only a specific site or domain.
- For example: recipes site:nytimes.com or climate change site:.gov
Related: related:
- Find sites with similar content to a URL you already know.
- For example: related:nytimes.com
Search terms in the text: allintext: and/or intext:
- Find sites where ALL search terms appear in the text.
- For example: allintext:holidays hot bargain
- Find sites where one search term appears in the text, and others appear elsewhere (e.g. title or URL).
- For example: John Lennon intext:liverpool
Search terms in the title: allintitle: and/or intitle:
- Find sites with titles containing ALL the search terms.
- For example: allintitle:1950s youth culture
- Find sites with a particular word in the title, but other search terms elsewhere.
- For example: flu shot intitle:help
Search a particular filetype: filetype:
- Search for a specific filetype.
- For Example: Annual Report filetype:pdf
**Use Google Advanced Search**
Why Use It?
- Use Google Scholar to search for open access academic journal articles.
Keep in Mind:
- The same basic Google Search Tips apply!
What is Unique to Scholar? You can...
- Click "Cited by" to see articles that cite the article you are looking at.
- Click "Related articles" to find similar articles.
- Click "All versions" to check if there is full-text access to a different version.
How Do You Know If You Have Access To Full Text?
- PDF link is noted at right of search results.
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