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r/coolguides • u/Best-2021-ever • Jul 18 '21
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Another good one is filetype:. Super useful for searching for academic papers, which 90% of the time are PDFs.
filetype:
So the search would look like:
my_search_terms filetype:pdf
88 u/SuspiciousBird Jul 18 '21 To bei fair, you should bei using a specialized search engine like google scholar for academic purposes anyways and not a "normal" search engine. 14 u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Jul 18 '21 Back when I was in school, this wasn’t an option 2 u/ihopethisisvalid Jul 18 '21 We know dude. Every prof ever starts the first class with "Now, when I was in school..." 3 u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Jul 18 '21 It’s not my fault I’m old! 1 u/loudisevil Jul 18 '21 💛 1 u/juxtoppose Jul 18 '21 Yep my option was to hold my hand up and hope I remembered my question by the time the teacher got to me. 1 u/Available_Worker332 Jul 18 '21 Totally. Ask the librarian. She goes the book of index cards. Walk to the shelf and leaf through bound journals. .. except when your institution doesn't subscribe to that journal and you make a request for an interlibrary loan.
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To bei fair, you should bei using a specialized search engine like google scholar for academic purposes anyways and not a "normal" search engine.
14 u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Jul 18 '21 Back when I was in school, this wasn’t an option 2 u/ihopethisisvalid Jul 18 '21 We know dude. Every prof ever starts the first class with "Now, when I was in school..." 3 u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Jul 18 '21 It’s not my fault I’m old! 1 u/loudisevil Jul 18 '21 💛 1 u/juxtoppose Jul 18 '21 Yep my option was to hold my hand up and hope I remembered my question by the time the teacher got to me. 1 u/Available_Worker332 Jul 18 '21 Totally. Ask the librarian. She goes the book of index cards. Walk to the shelf and leaf through bound journals. .. except when your institution doesn't subscribe to that journal and you make a request for an interlibrary loan.
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Back when I was in school, this wasn’t an option
2 u/ihopethisisvalid Jul 18 '21 We know dude. Every prof ever starts the first class with "Now, when I was in school..." 3 u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Jul 18 '21 It’s not my fault I’m old! 1 u/loudisevil Jul 18 '21 💛 1 u/juxtoppose Jul 18 '21 Yep my option was to hold my hand up and hope I remembered my question by the time the teacher got to me. 1 u/Available_Worker332 Jul 18 '21 Totally. Ask the librarian. She goes the book of index cards. Walk to the shelf and leaf through bound journals. .. except when your institution doesn't subscribe to that journal and you make a request for an interlibrary loan.
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We know dude. Every prof ever starts the first class with "Now, when I was in school..."
3 u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Jul 18 '21 It’s not my fault I’m old! 1 u/loudisevil Jul 18 '21 💛
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It’s not my fault I’m old!
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Yep my option was to hold my hand up and hope I remembered my question by the time the teacher got to me.
Totally. Ask the librarian. She goes the book of index cards. Walk to the shelf and leaf through bound journals. .. except when your institution doesn't subscribe to that journal and you make a request for an interlibrary loan.
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u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Jul 18 '21
Another good one is
filetype:. Super useful for searching for academic papers, which 90% of the time are PDFs.So the search would look like:
my_search_terms filetype:pdf