Tips for Better Search Results
Tips
Examples

Be specific
• Use nouns and unique words
• Put the most important words first
• Use multiple terms when possible

If you were interested in "art using sound" you could use the terms:
sound audio installation interactive art

Use quotes around phrases so the search engine will search for the words as a phrase not as separate words To look for a term, rather than search the individual words in a term, use quotes around it:
"National Gallery of Art"
Use a plus sign + in front of a word or a phrase to require its search A word or a phrase preceded by a + must be present in all pages returned:
self-portrait +digital

Use a minus sign - in front of a word to exclude its search

 If you wanted pages on dada but not new dada, you can prevent "neo" from being searched:
dada -neo 
Use lower case letters to find words that are either lower and upper case
propaganda art
"world war ii"
Use parentheses around terms that are alike. Enter connectors in capital letters
 (adolescents OR teenagers)
television AND children
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