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How To Search: Type a search with the words that you are
looking for in the entry box, then click [Search].
- Any Word:
- Just type one or more words to find any of the words. [ Search
ANY ] is the default.
- All Words:
- Type more than one word and select [ Search ALL ] to find all
of the words.
Or you can use Booleans (see below).
- Exact Phrase: "..."
- You can search for exact phrases by surrounding them in double
quotes.
Or you can just type the words and select [ Search
EXACT ].
- Boolean Operators: + -
- Use + in front of each word or a quoted phrase that you
require.
Use - in front of each word that you want to exclude.
- Boolean Expressions: AND OR NOT ( )
- Use AND, OR, NOT, (, and ) to form a Boolean expression. AND
requires, OR allows, NOT excludes.
Use double quotes to protect
the words "and", "or", or "not" in a
phrase.
Examples:
| Query |
Gets the documents with |
| stock market |
'stock' or 'market' or both |
| "stock market" |
the phrase 'stock market' |
| +stock +market |
'stock' and 'market' |
| +stock -market |
'stock' but not 'market' |
| +president -"United States" |
'president' but not 'United States' |
| (stock OR market) AND NOT president |
'stock' or 'market', and without
'president' |
Capitalization
doesn't matter. The ranked results will come from a total match on
the words and phrases which you supply, so try to think of several
specific terms for your topic and spell them correctly. It may help
to include important plurals and derived words too, like [address
addresses contact contacting information] .
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