TSP: Site Search Tips; 2008 Jul 22

Search Tips

The TSP search engine is similar to other search engines and allows you many methods for searching about the topic of your choice. A few useful tips for using the search engine are provided below:

To search references that contain a specific sequence of letters, simply add an asterisk following the partial word. For example, annuit* will provide you with information about annuity, annuities, annuitant, etc.

To search for an exact phrase, you can put quotation marks around the phrase. For example, to receive only results about in-service withdrawals, enter quotation marks around the entire phrase, “in-service withdrawals”. Your results will always refer to the exact phrase, just as you entered it.

To search each of the individual words in a phrase, you can enter the phrase without asterisks, quotation marks, etc. In this situation, the search for in-service withdrawals will return results for the word in-service and additional results for the word withdrawals. Since the TSP has other types of withdrawals, you may receive results for types of withdrawals you are not looking for.

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