Searching With Google

Tips, Tricks, and Tools

Google is a premier search engine, but did you know it has a lot of cool tricks and tools to help you find exactly what you're looking for?

use the dollar ($) symbol to look for prices associated with your entry - example: harrisons internal medicine $50

use quotes (" ") around a phrase to search on an exact phrase - example: "total knee replacement"

use the asterisk (*) symbol within quotes to look for an unknown or a wildcard - example: "total * replacement"

use two periods (..) to search within a range - example: baltimore population 2010..2016

allintext: all words typed after this operator will be searched for in the website or document - example: allintext:health disparities city

allintitle: all words typed after this operator will be searched for in the title of the website or document - example: allintitle:health disparities city

cache: view the way a website looked the last time Google archived it - example: cache:www.hopkinsmedicine.org

filetype: look for a specific file type - example: critical appraisal filetype:ppt
info: using this operator will display information about a particular site - example: info:www.hopkinsmedicine.org
OR: use this operator in all caps to find either of the words or phrases - example: (community OR neighborhood) health resources
related: use this operator to find sites that are similar to a site you already know - example: related:www.hopkinsmedicine.org
site: use this operator to find a word or phrase within a specific type of domain - example: community health resources site:.gov

type weather in front of a place to find out the weather in a specific area - example: weather baltimore
type define in front of a word to return the definition - example: define eosinophil
simply type an equation in the search box to find the answer - example: 302*45
find out unit conversions by typing in the search box - example: 45 kilograms in pounds