Psychology Research Guide: Search the Internet

• Limit searches to domains 
• Search exact phrases
• Search for terms only in a part of a document, like the title
• To search specific languages or in certain regions
• Maintain better control over the types of results you get
• To see a demonstration of what it looks like, WATCH THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL

• Search academic articles

Use Google Basic Search Help

Use Google Search Operators

• Keep it simple!  Use only the most relevant words.  Don't use "a", "an", or "the". 
• Use Google Advanced Search to broaden or narrow your search.
  
• Searches can be narrowed to domains such as .EDU or .ORG by including site:.edu or site:.org                
  • Example:  Behaviorism site:.edu
• Use + or - to require or exclude certain words in the search
  • Example:  +Behaviorism +Skinner
  • Example:  +Behaviorism -Watson
• Use quotes " " to search phases
  • Example:  "Operant conditioning"