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Search tips:
- Search Local - For large, complex websites (large federal agencies, for example) use search box provided on website
- Learn as You Go - Use items found in search results (prominent authors, unique terminology, potential source websites) to refine your search
- Long Titles - Cut and paste titles of books and articles in phrase search with quote marks - if there are no results, try breaking the search into a couple of shorter phrase searches
- Searching History? - for historical information, use Google Books - and "tools" link to limit results to "free Google ebooks"
- Get News on Your Topic - use Google News to find newspaper, magazine, newsblog, etc. sources
- Create Alerts - use Google Alerts to get emailed same-day updates on new webpages, news stories, etc. for your favorite searches
- Alternatives to Google - Google search | Bing search
