WRPR 165: Contemporary Narratives of American Violence (HC) Spring 2015: 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:

Limit your search to words in the title:

• allintitle:violence fiction

Remove unwanted results:

• allintitle:violence fiction -domestic -gun

Limit your search by domain:

• Limited to institutions of higher education in the United States:

• violence fiction site:.edu

• Limited to non-profit organizations:

• "intercultural violence" site:.org

Limit by date:

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.