How to use the Search Engine
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.
You can also 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:
| If you type |
You get 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].
