Search Tips
Add these limits to your searches on Google and elsewhere to get more relevant results:
- " " to search words as a phrase instead of individually - "international development"
- site: to limit to a particular website or domain - site:gov or site:un.org
- filetype: to limit to a filetype - filetype:pdf or filetype:xls
- - (minus sign) to eliminate websites with that word
Typing "international development" site:un.org filetype:pdf will limit your results to PDF publications (i.e. reports and working papers) hosted on the United Nations' website that refer to the phrase "international development".
Google Tools for Research
- Google Advanced SearchAllows you to specify multiple parameters around your search to deliver more relevant results.
- Google ScholarSearch scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including legal cases. Not all content in this search is freely available.
- Google BooksOnline index of full-text books.
- Google NewsCustomizable news dashboard.
- Google Public Data ExplorerOnline index of publicly available datasets, databases, and other data resources.