Recreation, Tourism, and Nonprofit Leadership

Search Techniques (Only work in Google products, not library databases)

1. Quotation Marks
   1. Use around short phrases to keep the phrase together as a search term
      1. Example: "national parks"
   2. Use around a single word to ensure that word shows up in results
      1. Example: "environment"
      2. If you don't use quotation marks around a single word, that word may or may not show up in your results.
   3. You can use an unlimited amount of quotation marks however the more keywords you use in a search, the more you are narrowing your results.
2. Minus Sign (-)
   1. Use to ensure a word doesn't show up
   2. Example: "national parks" "accessibility" -africa
   3. You can use an unlimited amount of minus signs however the more you use in a search, the more you are narrowing your results.
3. intitle:
   1. Use to ensure a word or phrase shows up in the title of the article
   2. To use you must use lower case and there shouldn't be a gap between intitle: and the keyword(s) you are using
   3. Example: intitle:conservation intitle:"prairie restoration"
   4. You can use an unlimited amount of intitle: however the more you use in a search, the more you are narrowing your results.
4. site:
   1. Use to limit to specific site domain (.gov, .org, .edu)
   2. Example: "national park" "accessibility" "environment" site:gov
   3. You typically only use one site: function per search.

AND

1. Narrows your search
2. You can use multiple AND's. The more you use, it narrows your search and you will get fewer your results.
3. Example:
   1. "artificial snow" AND environment AND impact

OR

1. Broadens your search
2. You can use multiple OR's. The more you use, the more results you will get.
3. Good to use when you know synonyms or alternative words for a keyword you are researching.
4. Example:
   1. "artificial snow" OR snowmaking