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SW 505-50 Social Welfare Policies & Services

Web Resources from Syllabus

Searching Websites Effectively

Finding what you need on comprehensive websites can be time-consuming. Look for sitemap to locate specific materials, or use this handy trick:

  • Open Google search bar
  • Type in search term(s)
  • Type in "site" + ":" [colon symbol] followed by the URL.

 

Google corporate logo multicolored plus search bar showing search term, space, site:URL

This technique will yield search results for your keyword(s) only within the website URL.

Narrowing your results:

You can search by specific domains. For example, if you only want government jobs sites, you can search "jobs" +  "site:.gov" .

You can also also search for specific file types. For example, to search for a PDF document on jobs, search "jobs" + filetype:PDF.