Google Search Tips- Key Modifiers Here are some modifiers to type into the Google search box to refine your searches ! “ “ 1+1 Used to search for an exact phrase* Basic maths calculations Example:"dinner and a movie" Example: 4+7, 30% of 55, 20^2 etc. Results: get results with the exact phrase "dinner and a Results: you will get the answer movie" ! ! cm in foot - Used to convert units of measure Used to exclude messages from your search Example: 10cm in foot, 28c in F, $10 in pound, etc. Example: dinner -movie Results: the converted answer is displayed. Results: search will contain the word "dinner" but will not ! contain the word “movie" weather ! Searches for current weather at selected destination ~ Example: weather Wellington Point Used to search for a word and all its synonyms Results: current weather of selected destination is Example: ~mobile phone displayed Results: the word “phone” as well as “cell phone”, “cellular”, ! “wireless” etc. are displayed time ! Searches for current time at selected destination OR Example: time Kathmandu Search for webpages that include either word Results: current time of selected destination is displayed *OR must be in all caps* ! Example: vacation London OR Paris sunrise and sunset Results: the word “vacation” and either “London” or “Paris” Searches for sunrise and sunset times for a selected will be shown destination ! Example: sunrise Kingscliff … Results: current sunrise time shown for the selected Search for a range of numbers destination. Example: surfing 1950…1960 ! Results: information about surfing from the 1950’s till the stock quotes 1960’s will be displayed View current market data for a given company or fund ! Example: BBG define: Results: current market data for the given company or Defines a word or phrase fund is displayed Example: define:plethora ! Results: links to definitions containing the word “plethora” map ! Displays a map of the selected destination site: Example: map 4160, map Wellington Point Searches only particular sites Results: A map of the inputed destination is displayed. Example: global warming site:edu ! Results: references to global warming sites found on .edu ! sites For more examples of Google search feature, please ! visit: http://www.google.com/help/features.html link: ! Searches for websites that link to a particular website Example: link: https://ipad.redlands.qld.edu.au Results: websites that link to the Redlands College iPad portal. ! ! Adapted from: http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//educators/downloads/Tips_Tricks_17x22.pdf and https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en Thanks, DLopez Gmail Search Tips- Key Modifiers Here are some modifiers to type into the Gmail search box to refine your email search ! from: + (plus sign) Used to specify the sender Match the search term exactly Example: from:amy Example: +unicorn Results: Messages from Amy Results: Finds messages containing “unicorn” but not ! “unicorns” or “unciorn” to: ! Used to specify a recipient in:inbox in:trash in:spam Example: to:david Search for messages in Inbox, Trash, or Spam Results: All messages that were sent to David (by you or Example: in:trash from:amy someone else) Results: Messages from Amy that are in Trash ! ! subject: cc: bcc: Search for words in the subject line Used to specify recipients in the cc: or bcc: fields* Example: subject:dinner *Search on bcc: cannot retrieve messages on which you Results: Messages that have the word "dinner" in the were blind carbon copied* subject Example: cc:david ! Results: Messages that were cc-ed to David OR ! Search for messages matching term A or term B* after: before: older: newer: *OR must be in all caps* Search for messages sent or received during a certain period Example: from:amy OR from:david of time (using the date format yyyy/mm/dd) Results: Messages from Amy or from David are shown Example: after:2014/04/16 before:2014/04/18 ! Results: Messages sent between April 16, 2014 and April - (hyphen) 18, 2014.* Used to exclude messages from your search ! Example: dinner -movie older_than newer_than Results: Messages that contain the word "dinner" but do Similar to older and newer, but allows relative dates using d, not contain the word “movie" m, and y for day, month, and year ! Example: newer_than:2d label: Results: Finds messages sent within the last two days. Search for messages by label ! Example: from:amy label:friends is:chat Results: Messages from Amy that have the label "friends" Search for chat messages ! Example: is:chat monkey “ “(quotes) Results: Any chat message including the word "monkey." Used to search for an exact phrase* ! Example: subject:"dinner and a movie" size: Results: Messages containing the phrase "dinner and a Search for messages larger than the specified size in bytes movie" in the subject Example: size:1000000 ! Results: All messages larger than 1MB (1,000,000 bytes) ( ) in size. Used to group words Used to specify terms that shouldn't be ! excluded larger: smaller: Example: from:amy (dinner OR movie) Similar to size: but allows abbreviations for numbers Results: Messages from Amy that contain either the word Example: larger:10M "dinner" or the word “movie" Results: All messages of at least 10M bytes (10,000,000 ! bytes) in size. !

Adapted from: http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//educators/downloads/Tips_Tricks_17x22.pdf and https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en Thanks, DLopez