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BASIC SEARCH TIPS |
EXAMPLE |
RESULT |
1. Enter search terms in lower case - both
upper, lower, and mixed case instances will be returned
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gulf |
documents containing any of the words gulf, Gulf,
GULF, etc.
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2. Search for phrases by separating words with spaces
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unrestricted view |
documents containing the complete phrase unrestricted
view
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3. Separate terms with commas to search for any
of the given terms, with the results list ordered by number of hits (highest
first
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tennis, golf, beach |
documents containing at least one of tennis, golf,
or beach
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4. The STEM operator is automatically applied, which
looks for common variations on the terms entered
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"drive" |
documents containing any of drive, drives,
driving, driven
, etc. |
5. Wildcards * (string of characters) and ?
(single character) may be used - This function may be disabled using a
preceding backslash ('\')
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*net |
'*net' to look for terms ending with net, e.g. net,fastnet,
internet
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| sho?s |
'sho?s' might return shoes, shops
, etc. |
| \*net |
documents with '\*net' would look for the literal term *net |
6. A term must be enclosed in double
quotation marks ("...") for it to be treated literally
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"inter" |
for exact matches, e.g. only occurrences of inter
as a complete word
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| "m&s", "5,5" |
to handle certain non-alphanumeric characters literally
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| bar "and" grill |
to disable operators (AND, OR, NOT), e.g. for
matches of the literal phrase search and destroy
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