Google automatically does an AND search, e.g searching for developing countries, it will automatically search for developing and countries Want pages that include poverty OR "poor children" use the OR operator. OR (can also use |;is case sensitive-use caps. For NOT , Google uses – with no space before the excluded word. Combine Boolean Operators with parentheses – Google only recognizes one level of parentheses, you can not “nest” parenthetical operations. ( "poor children" or poverty AND (India or Guatamala )
Try the advanced search and limit you search strategy by domain: org, edu,gov
What is Google Scholar?
Google Scholar indexes scholarly material: books, journals, conferences, theses, preprints,
legal opinions and websites.
There is no index of what Google Scholar includes and excludes and how often it is updated
Cited by. (other entries which cite the item)
simple interface for searching.
single search box allows cross disciplinary searching.
relevancy rankings
Export feature to RefWorks
Unlike most library databases, it does not use a controlled vocabulary
Some results may not be considered scholarly.
cited counts may be inflated
Errors have been noted in publication date searching, authors names
If you export to Refworks, you will need the group code: RW SeattleUni
Use the advanced search by clicking on the caret in the dialog box