Google values simplicity. The main page still has little more than the search box and the button. But there is much more to Google than that. Here are ten Google search tips for students — equally useful for others that have information intensive work, even professors

1. Advanved Search: To build a precise search query, use Advanced Search narrow your search and get the results you need.
2. Google Scholar: When you want a quick way to connect to authoritative information from journals and scholarly publications Google Scholar is great. There is even Advanced Scholar search for those extra demanding searches.
3. Dictionary: To get a word or phrase defined or explained, type the word “define” before the word you want to look up in the Google search box, like this: define: love.
4. Calculator: Simply type in an equation with the = sign to use Google’s calculator feature, like this: 64+38-13=. Google Guide has a list of calculator operators and symbols for all kinds of calculations.
5. Search within a site: To search for a keyword or search term within a particular site, you type “example search term site: example website”, like this: volcano site:cnn.com. This is useful if you need to use a particular web site as source.
6. Numeric ranges: If you want to know who was president during a certain time frame, type in e.g. president 1940…1950. This works for any kind of numerical range.
7. Google Image Search: Most of you already know how to use image search, but did you know it’s a useful way to identify people or objects and look up foreign language definitions? Search for corazon on Google Image Search if your Spanish is a little rusty,
8. Info: To find information about a website if you need to verify it or collect data for a citation, type info: followed by the domain, like this: info:pandia.com.
9. Limit by time: After the latest redesign of the search results page, the menu on the left side of the page holds shortcuts to help you narrow your search. Default is “Any time”, but you get to chose from latest, past 24 hours, past 2 days, past week, past month or past year. You can even set up your own custom range.
10. More search tools: If you have used every card up your sleeve and the search results still don’t yield what you were hoping for, click “More search tools in the left hand menu on the search results page to reveal shortcuts to narrow your search further.

Online Degrees has 46 other Google search tricks for students.