# Searching for Julia language information without getting unrelated stuff

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-julia-language-information-without-getting-unrelated-stuff/61368>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-julia-language-information-without-getting-unrelated-stuff/61368 "2021-05-18T15:05:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beliavsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Beliavsky](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Beliavsky)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-julia-language-information-without-getting-unrelated-stuff/61368/1 "2021-05-18T15:05:42Z")

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Since Julia is a common name, what search strings do people typically use on Google, Amazon, Medium etc. to get information about Julia programming while filtering out Julia Child etc?

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**Author:** ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-julia-language-information-without-getting-unrelated-stuff/61368/2 "2021-05-18T15:07:32Z")

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Usually you should google with `julialang` or `julia language` instead of `julia`

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**Author:** ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-julia-language-information-without-getting-unrelated-stuff/61368/3 "2021-05-18T15:28:28Z")

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I typically search for a `jl`, eg “DataFrames jl” or “GLM jl”

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**Author:** ![bhageera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bhageera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bhageera)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-julia-language-information-without-getting-unrelated-stuff/61368/4 "2021-05-18T16:19:44Z")

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It gets more interesting when you have common names for packages too. For example, `Franklin`. Even though searching for `Franklin.jl` gives what you want, any more detail in the search can leave you hanging.