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October 11, 2008 DOL Home > Search / A to Z Index > Search Help > Single or Multiple Words |
Searching For Single or Multiple Words The simplest search is a single word that you think appears in the document you are looking for. If the term is unusual or unique, you will be more likely to find that specific document. For example, if you are
interested in accommodations for people with disabilities due to Lou Gehrig's
disease, the following query will very likely find pages of interest to
you: Single Words To enter a single word query, enter that word in lower
case as shown below: Tip: You can always
restrict the search to the term itself by enclosing it in double quotation
marks. For example, the following query finds pages
that match only the word mine: For example,
place the term Q&A in " " to match Q&A or Q &
A: If you enter your search term in completely in lower case or completely in upper case, FAST search engine looks for all mixed case variations. For example,
the following query will find pages that match stemmed variations of
rose, Rose, and ROSE. Tip: If you are looking for pages about
someone named Rose, enter the name with an initial capital letter. To
make the search more precise, enclose the word in double quotation marks, as in
the following example. However, when you are searching for abbreviations or acronyms, case is important. For example, if you are looking for pages that refer to BLS (the acronym
for the Bureau of Labor Sttaistics), enter the search term in all upper
case. Multiple Words You can also enter multiple words into a text box to be searched at the same time. (Optionally, you can separate them with commas.) Unless enclosed within quotes as a phrase, each word entered into the search box is searched separately and documents with more than one of the words will rank higher than others. |
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