With Google Advanced Search you can easily use tools such as domain limiters (edu, gov, org). You can also type in an advanced search directly into the Google search box. Here are some sample searches:
Search Query | Number of results | Explanation |
---|---|---|
dentist career |
way too many!! |
Default Boolean AND search (it looks at the word dentist AND the word career). |
"career in dentistry" |
755,000 |
Looks at the exact phrase |
intitle:dentist AND education |
4.4 million |
The word dentist will be in the title and the entry will include the word education |
intitle:dentist inurl:ada.org |
11,000 |
Dentist will be in the title and the site will be the American Dental Assn. (ada.org) |
intitle:dentist" site:gov |
7,640 |
Dentist is in the title and it will be from a government website |
dentist education site:edu filetype:pdf |
165,000 |
Site is a pdf presentation from an educational institution. You might also try something like filetype:ppt for PowerPoint. |