Web Searching Tools
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Non-governmental Organization SearchA custom Google search of non-governmental organization websites. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).
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Intergovernmental Organization SearchA custom Google search of intergovernmental organization websites.
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WayBack MachineThe Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites. Visitors to the Wayback Machine can type in a URL, select a date range, and then begin surfing on an archived version of the Web.
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I Search FromWith I Search From you can simulate using Google Search from a different location or device. It's useful for searching Google as if you were somewhere else.
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Journal FinderAre you unable to access the full text of an article you found online? See if a particular journal, magazine, newspaper, or conference proceeding is available in the library's collections. Search in Journal Finder using the publication's name (for example, New York Times), not the individual article title.
Google Search Limits
| Search strategy | Search Syntax | Example | Retrieves | Notes |
| limit your search to websites using the country's domain | site:[country code] | site:in women's day | webpages on the topic of "women's day" from websites in India | find country code here |
| limit your search to official government websites | site:gov | site:gov women's day | webpages on "women's day" from official governmental websites | not all countries use a government domain for official websites |
| limit your search to official government websites in a specific country | site:[government domain for the country] | site:gov.in women's day | webpages on "women's day" from official governmental websites in India | Find official country homepages here. |
| limit your search to websites using a .org domain | site:org | site:org women's day | webpages on "women's day" from websites using .org domain | not all websites using .org domain are non-profit organizations and not all non-profit organizations use the .org domain |
| limit your search to websites using a .org domain in a specific country's domain | site:org.[country code] | site:org.in women's day | webpages on "women's day" from websites in India using .org domain | find country code here |