Using Google’s Advanced Search lets you search more precisely by specifying keywords or exact phrases, limiting results to specific domains (like .edu or .gov), and filtering by language, region, file type, date, and more.
Accessing Google's Advanced Search Menu
- You can click here to go directly to Google's advanced search page.
- Or, from Google.com, you can click the "Settings" option in the lower right-hand corner.
- Or, if you've already run a search in Google, you can click the "Tools" option at the top of your results list; you'll then be able to see the advanced search link.
Using Google's Advanced Search Menu
Clicking on Advanced Search will retain your original search terms in the "all these words" field, as shown below. In our example, we may wish to move our terms to the "exact word or phrase" field to find flipped classroom as an exact phrase with no other words in between. For additional information on phrase searching, click here.
A valuable feature of Google Advanced Search is the ability to limit your results by site or domain. This field allows you to search a single website (like http://www.ed.gov/) or limit your results to a domain like .edu, .org or .gov. For details, please see our Limit by Domain FAQ.
For additional assistance with using the Google Advanced Search, please get in touch with the Library. You may also visit the Google Advanced Search help page here.
