Most search engines, like Google, have advanced search features or tips for better searches, allowing you to refine your search results. You can use the following search limits and more:
- Published date or web page update
- Search terms appearing only in the web page title, URL, page links
- Eliminate from results those page that include unwanted search terms (NOT or -) (e.g. Donald Trump -Pelosi)
- Filetype (doc, docx, ppt, pptx, pdf, xls, xlsx, jpg)
- Domain of site (government - gov, mil; education - edu; organizations - org)
- Use quotes ("") to search for exact phrases (e.g. "Rocket launch")
- Use wildcard/truncation (*) to find variations of a root word (e.g. medic*)
If the search engine does not have a separate advanced search screen, use the search filters that appear on the search results page.