Google searches are case insensitive, no stemming (*=full word wildcard), 10 word limits (excluding *), ignore “I”, “a”, “the”, “for” unless “+” is used in front of these 4 words, reiterate words increase change results (especially useful for shopping for an item), num=100 maximum results displayed per page, %22=”(  )

Direct enter into search box or with special additional word

• 5th root of 32, sqrt(9), sin(pi/3), tan(45 degrees), log(1,000), 5 kilometers in miles,  the speed of light for calculation and conversion
• direct type in number can search FedEx, UPS, USPS, VID, UPC, phone area code, patent (put the word "patent" before your number), FAA airplane, FCC equipment ID
• enter street address, including zip code or city/ state get map
• define drosophila (defines drosophila, word or phrase)
• book about drosophila (search with books for drosophila)
• status of a flight, type the name of the airline followed by the flight number
• airport's three letter code followed by the word "airport” (such as “mke airport”)
• type weather and city name (state or zip optional) to get weather 

Use  :word or phrase for limitation 

• intitle:  search only web page titles
• inurl: search only in web address
• filetype: (ppt for PowerPoint, pdf for Pdf, xls for Excel, doc for Word, ps for Photoshop, swf for shockwave, txt for text)
• site: (site:www.uwm.edu or site:edu  only for first level or part of first level)
• rphonebook: (residential phonebook, reverse lookup by phonebook: (800) 555-1212)
• bphonebook: (business phonebook)
• stocks: (use stock symbol, find symbol at Yahoo) 

Use :URL for site specific features 

• link: (link:www.uwm.edu  who links to www.uwm.edu)
• cache: (find a page in Google cache)
• related:(related:www.uwm.edu similar page)
• info:(info:www.uwm.edu cache of, related to, link to and pages contain www.uwm.edu)

Google Scholar (scholarly literature)	Google Catalog
Google University Search	Froogle
Google Book Search	Milwaukee Local Search
(articles research by including magazine name as search terms)
	Glossarist
Fagan Finder	Google Glossary
Google Government Search	On-Line Medical Dictionary
Google Labs	Medical Terms Dictionary
Google Web Search Feature	OneLook (700 dictionaries)