LING 399: Senior Thesis Seminar (HC) Fall 2014: Web Searching

Searches on the Open Web can often return irrelevant or non-scholarly results.  Try limiting your search by various domains, or narrow your search using these search tips:

Search any one of multiple terms (as opposed to searching all terms, whic is the default):

• "economics discourse" | "financial discourse"

Limit your search by domain:

• Limited to academic institutions in the United States:

• "financial discourse" | "economics discourse" hedging site:.edu

• "delaware language" site:.edu

• Limited to websites in Tanzania:

• language site:.tz

• Limited to government websites in Tanzania:

• language site:.go.tz

• Limited to academic institutions in Tanzania:

• language site:.ac.tz

• Limited to non-profit organizations:

• "language revitalization" site:.org

• "endangered languages" site:.org -wikipedia

Limit your search to words in the title:

• allintitle: "lenape language" | "delaware language"

Remove unwanted results:

• "financial discourse" | "economics discourse" hedging site:.edu -academia.edu -library

Use the the Google Advanced Search screen to conduct advanced searches including, but not limited to, those on the left.

See Google's Cheat Sheet for further tips on constructing and refining your searches.

See Nancy Blachman's GoogleGuide for even more tips.