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Architecture

Guide to support the College of Architecture, Construction, and Design (CADC)

Head of Architecture, Construction, and Design Librarian

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Amy Dye-Reeves

Google Advanced Search Tips

 

Google Advanced Search Tips

Google Advanced Search allows you to combine or exclude keywords, find websites in specific languages or from specific geographic regions, find recently updated websites only, locate particular file types, search social media and hashtags, find cached versions of sites, and more!

 

Additional Domain Type Information

Searching within a specific domain comes in handy when searching for academic sources (.edu), or when researching a country. It's easy to construct a search using this syntax: wearable technology site:.edu

Examples of top-level domains:

Domain Type
.com Commercial or general
.edu US-affiliated higher educational institutions
.gov United States government
.int International organizations (such as NATO)
.mil US Department of Defense
.net Networks or general
.org Nonprofit organizations

List of Country Code Top-Level Domains

Full list of domains

Google Scholar Tips

 

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides access to scholarly articles and conference papers, many of which are available online as PDF files.

If you search Google Scholar and log in with your Auburn University username and password, you can access journal articles through library databases (such as JSTOR).

 

NOTE: Please don't pay to get the full text of any article. If you can't find the full text, please ask LADC employees for help