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LANG 1403 Online Workshop & Guide

This module should take about 1 hour & then a short quiz. Learn & Enjoy!

Google Smart Search Guide

Google Search Tips & Tricks: https://libguides.hkust.edu.hk/googletips

Excerpts below, do some hands on practice!

Exact Phrase Search

Put quotation marks around words "[Searching keywords]" to search for an exact phrase in an exact order.

To see the differences, try searching "Assistive technologies" with/without the quotation marks around.

Try it yourself

All in Title

Try to search websites containing all of the specified words in the title tag.

by adding allintitle: with words or phrases.

For example: allintitle:"digital nomad"

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File Type Search

Try to search for specific types of documents, such as PDF, PPT, by adding filetype: with the file extensions.

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