Google thinks its smarter than it is, so sometimes we need to force it to do what we want.
"" (quotes) is great - Allows you to search for EXACTLY the words inside the quotes
- (dash) before a word lets you search for things that DON'T include that word
site: lets you use search a certain site or domain exention
OR lets you combine two searches
"cars that go fast" -ford site:.gov OR old cars
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
Very powerful tools for finding matches for images.
EBSCO's basic search is pretty bad. It is just a boolean search with the words slammed together. So, we need to use the advanced search.
With this great power comes great responsibility! Be very careful and not to over-constrain the search, or you will have issues.
Literally hundreds of other options, many are self explanatory.
Search modes explain what happens between words
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More options are explained really well on the official documentation, there are literally pages and pages of more things to try.
However, remember that overconstraining is very easy to do, so be careful not to goof that up.
http://support.ebsco.com/help/index.php?help_topic_id=50
EBSCO lets you view your past searches, very useful for journaling and reviewing past research
By Julie
