FHS-PK | Searching Techniques: Specific Website & Specific Format

Searching Within a Specific Website:

If you want to find information on a particular website (e.g., www.aku.edu), use the 'site:' operator in your search engine (like Google).

For example: "financial assistance" site:www.aku.edu

This search will only show results related to "financial assistance" from the www.aku.edu website..

Searching for a Specific File Format:

To search for specific file types like PDFs or PPTs, use the 'filetype:' operator.

Here are some examples.

Example 1: "Use of generative AI in education" filetype:pdf

This search will show results in PDF format.

E.xample 2: "Generative AI use in research" filetype:ppt

This search will show results in PowerPoint format.