Search Smart Overwhelmed with the number of results you get when searching for something? With nearly a billion web pages on the Internet today it's no surprise! Here are some suggestions on how to narrow your search results and get closer to what you are actually looking for... Use the minus ( - ) sign before a word Example: lincoln -movie -tv would take out all the pages that relate to Lincoln as a movie or TV show Use the plus ( + ) sign before a word Example: white house +history +government would include all the pages that relate to the White House in Washington, D.C. Use a t colon ( t: ) in front of a word for the pages that are a title Example: t:huck finn will give you pages that relate to the title Huck Finn Use quotes ( " " ) with your words in a search to get only those exact words as they appear together in the same order Example: "president of the united states" will give only the pages that are with that title If you want to broaden your search use a wildcard search by placing an asterisk in a word replacing a character or multiple characters Example: myth* would return results for both mythology and mythical