Build your search string slowly and adjust your terms as you go along.
| What do you want to do? | This is how you do it: | For example: |
| Search within a specific domain (ex: .gov, .edu) | keyword site:.domain | football site:.gov (This will give you results from government sites that include the word football) |
| Find recent results | Select "Tools" & then the range of time |  |
| Search for an exact phrase | Use quotes around the phrase | "Mary had a little lamb" (All results will have the exact wording of "Mary had a little lamb") |
| Not include a specific word | Use - before the word you don't want | football -soccer (This will give you results for football but NOT soccer.) |
| Search for one of several words | Use OR between the words you are looking for | football OR soccer (This will give you results for football or soccer.) |