Human Resources

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Top Tips

To ensure you get the best quality information as quickly as possible:

1) Use " " around phrases to restrict your search to more relevant results: "corporate structure"

2) Use a site: command to look for information from particular organisations or web addresses

  • Type site: and the domain you want and then add your search termssite:gov.uk brexit "financial services"
  • The most helpful domains when locating business information include:
    • site:org.uk - get an industry perspective on a topic with results from UK organisations 
    • site:gov.uk - find government policy on particular issues
    • site:parliament.uk - very useful for locating parliamentary research reports

For more tips, see Karen Blakeman's Google Search Commands and Google Search Tips

Your Subject Team

 Hannah Porter

Faculty Librarian

email hannah.porter@port.ac.uk