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Do Your Best Google Search!
Vary the words you use and think of all the ways the search can be phrased.
i.e: headache, head hurts, pain in head, etc.
“ “ - use quotes for the exact phrase
* - use for wildcard unknown or variables
i.e: manufactur* (searches manufacture, manufacturing etc)
- minus sign as a limiter. .
i.e: jaguar -car (eliminate car sites if you’re looking for the animal)
Search within a site (or type of site) using site:nytimes.com or site:.edu
.. shows results within a specific time frame or number range 2007..2010
Use AND,OR and NOT to search for limit, extend or include search results
Google Book Search books.google.com - full text books
For primary sources, try specific keywords in your search...diaries, personal narrative, documents, testimony, library archives, etc.
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