| A | B |
| Quotation Marks | Use these to search using the exact order. (IE:"George Bush") |
| Domain | An organizational structure used to indicate the type of group that sponsors a Webpage. |
| Domain Name: .edu | A website sponsored by higher education |
| Domain Name: .gov | A website sponsored by a government agency. |
| Domain Name: .net | A website sponsored by or related to a network source. |
| Domain Name: .com | A website that is from a commercial source. |
| Domain Name: .org | A non-profit or research sponsored website. |
| Truncation:(ie: educat*) | Enter the root of a word and a "*" to search all variation of a word |
| Booleen Logic (defining a search with an, or, and not) | This method helps fine tune a topical search |
| Symbols for words: + and - | For some web searches, the + sign my be used for AND; the - sign can often be used for NOT. |