Google Scholar

In the top left hand corner of the screen you will see a hamburger menu. Click the drop down feature and select Advanced Search. 

A new search box will appear where you can input specific instructions/ information. 

Advanced Search Breakdown:

• With all of the words: This is the default search. This feature takes all terms in the search field and gives you results that include all of the terms. This narrows your results.  
• With the exact phrase: Will only retrieve results that contain that exact phrase in the order it appears. This narrows results. 
• With at least one of the words: This field returns results that have at least one term (if not all of them) included in a paper to your result list. Not all words may be found in one article. This expands your results pool. 
• Without Words: This search box will reject any results that have the specific term(s) included in the article. Use this feature carefully! You may miss out on important info because a term you did not want was included with items you DID want. For example: You are researching adult diabetes treatments and do not want articles that focus on children. If you use this feature - any article that had children and adults included will not show up - even if everything else is relevant to you. This narrows your results. 
• Where my words occur: This gives you two options. You can find the terms ANYWHERE in the article OR you can just search for your terms within the title of an article. A title only search will limit your results greatly. Anywhere will narrow the results less. 
• Return articles authored by: Searches for a specific author. Narrows results.
• Return articles published in: Searches a specific journal or other publication. Narrows results. 
• Return articles dated between: Sets a specific date range that articles must be published within in order to show up in the results field. Narrows results. 

If you have suggestions for how to make this page better, please contact Elizabeth Jerow, Library Director (jerow@msoe.edu).