Finding Academic Resources using Google

Just a quick tip on finding academic resources using Google search.

Say you want to search for something like resources on a piece of software and only want searches from academic institutions returned. The benefit to this is that most of this material will be reliable and has been vetted by these institutions.

In a Google search, use the format of:

.edu::search topic 

Where search topic is the item that you are looking for. For example,

.edu::wireshark

Will return all instances of .edu websites containing information about the packet analyzing software wireshark.

Another example would be searching for courses on networking.

.edu::networking course

The above will return a list of networking courses offered by various institutions. You can then go on and find all the related course notes, examples, and homework to follow along.

Give it a try for any type of research topics or to help you find a course you would like to study.