Persuasive Speech #3

DEFINITION: Search "operators" are special character and word combinations that enable you

to conduct more specific web searches.

OPERATOR:

allintext:

What it locates: Sources that have your search words in source text.

What to enter (example): allintext: fracking oil

allinurl:

What it locates: Sources that have your search words in the URL or web

address.

What to enter (example): allinurl: fracking oil

author:

What it locates: Articles on the Internet written by the author you specify.

What to enter (example): author: john doe OR [email protected]

filetype:

What it locates: Files on the Internet that end in the suffix you specify.

What to enter: fracking oil filetype:pdf OR fracking oil filetype:doc

source:

What it locates: Articles from publication that you specify.

What to enter (example): fracking oil source: nytimes.com

site:

What it locates: Results from the site or domain you specify.

What to enter: admissions site:cypress.edu OR census site:.gov

GUIDELINES: 1. Notice some operators must be placed before your search words

__ while others must be place after your search words.

2. Notice some operators have a space after the colon but some do not.

3. The Uniform Resource Locator, more commonly known as URL, is

j the address that specifies the location of a file on the Internet.

4. See site below for complete list of operators.

REFERENCE SITE: http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

NOTE: "fracking oil" is an EXAMPLE topic. Use your own topic.

S t r e a m l i n i n g O n l i n e R e s e a r c h

USING GOOGLE SEARCH OPERATORS

Chavez-Appel: 3/2016