![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/dot_clear.gif)
searching
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/lines/above_buttons-help_main.gif)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/dot_clear.gif) ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/dot_clear.gif)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/arrow.gif) |
Search Syntax Summary | |
Operator |
Action |
Example |
"term1 term2 ..." |
Specifies that words should be adjacent |
"White House" |
+term |
Requires a term |
+"White House" history |
-term |
Excludes documents containing a term |
"White House" -news |
fieldname: term |
Specifies that the term must be found in that field.
See listing of fieldnames in the table below. |
title:"Branches of the Government" |
query1 | query2 |
Searches the results of query1 with query2,
ranking results by relevance to both query1 and query2. |
bush, cheney | education |
query1 || query2 |
Searches the results of query1 with query2,
ranking results only by relevance to query2. |
bush, education || reform |
Note: Lowercase terms match any case,
otherwise case is matched exactly as typed. |
Field Search Summary
Name |
Description |
Example |
|
If no field is specified, the text is searched for in the Title,
Summary, and Body. |
Ronald Reagan |
link |
A hyperlink within the text of the document |
link:whitehouse.gov |
url |
The URL of the document |
url:news/releases |
title |
Title of the document |
title:"downhill skiing" title:Washington |
Note: Please see the
Special Searches page
for details on field search. |
|
|
|
topics ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/lines/help_topics-rightcorner.gif)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/dot_clear.gif)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090112023404im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/arrow_down.gif) |
Searching |
|
|
|