Engl 105: Environmental Issues & Social Issues: Web Searching

Advanced Google search 

To search for multiple concepts: 

• use ORs between words for the same concept.
  • example:   LatinX OR Latino OR Hispanic
• use quotes (" ") around phrases.
  • example: "Climate Change"

To limit to a specific domain, use site: in front of the domain name (no spaces)

• site:.edu   will limit a search to just .edu sites 
• site:.edu OR site:.gov   will limit a search to either .edu or .gov sites
• -site:.com  will exclude .com sites

To limit to a specific website, use site: in front of the website address (no spaces)

The Atlantic           (theatlantic.com)

The New Yorker     (newyorker.com)

NPR                       (npr.org)

New York Times     (nytimes.com) 

Washington Post (washingtonpost.com)

Complete search example: 

site:ca.gov air pollution

site:sfgate.com air quality San Mateo