ENSC 499: LRES Capstone

This guide will provide access to resources from the MSU Library as well as other important links to outside resources for students in ENSC 499.

Search within a Specific Site or Domain
Precede your query with site: if you know you want your answer from within a specific site or type of site (.org, .edu). For example: site:edu or site:nytimes.com.

Search by File Type
Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, or XLS, by adding filetype: and the 3-letter file abbreviation.

Include or Ignore Words and Characters in Your Search
Highlight common words and characters such as the and & if they are essential to your search (as in a movie or book title) by putting quotation marks "the" around them. You can also use the minus - sign to specify particular items you don't want in your results, like ingredients in a recipe.

Similar Terms
Get results that include synonyms by placing the ~ sign immediately in front of your search term. A search for Christmas ~dessert recipes, for instance, will return results for desserts, along with candy, cookies and other treats.

Other Tips and Tricks

• Minus sign for NOT. ex hellbender –movie
• Hellbender Site:.gov or Hellbender site:www.fws.gov to search either a specific domain or a specific website
• Quotes for exact terms “eastern hellbender”
• Asterisk as a wildcard place holder  eastern hellbend* will return hellbends, hellbender, hellbending, etc.
• OR use OR between search terms to find one of several words salamander OR hellbender

For more help see the Google Search Tips page

• https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433