Examples Of Searching For Non-HTML File Types
- For pizza recipes in PDF file format:
"pizza recipes" filetype:pdf
- For information on the Illinois River in Oklahoma in Microsoft Word format:
"illinois river" oklahoma filetype:doc or filetype:docx
- For presentations on Russian history in Matroska format:
"russian history" filetype:mkv
- For PowerPoint presentations on eye disorders:
"eye disorders" filetype:ppt or filetype:pptx
- For text files dealing with oil and gas drilling in Alaska:
oil gas alaska drilling filetype:txt
- For Rich Text Format files having to do with Tahlequah (Rich Text Format files are useful for exchanging text between different word processors and other text-processing applications):
tahlequah filetype:rtf
- For information on the economic growth of Kuwait in Excel spreadsheet format:
"economic growth" kuwait filetype:xls or filetype:xlsx
Searching For Pictures
- The below example will retrieve pictures of Lake Tenkiller:
tenkiller pics
Searching For Information Within A Specific Site
- The below example illustrates a search for NSU admissions information:
admissions site:nsuok.edu
Using Google To Find Word Definitions
- The below example illustrates how to find definitions of the word quantum:
define quantum
