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Tips
To
use this search page, you can look for a single
word. Or, use the tips below to refine your search to find
more specific results.
- Look for a phrase.
Example - type science lectures to find the exact phrase science
lectures. Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent
to Science Lectures.
- Look for two or more words at once by using the AND operator.
Example - type science AND lectures to find documents that have
both the word science and the word lectures anywhere.
- Look for words that are close to each other by using the NEAR
operator instead of the AND operator. When you use NEAR, the closer
together the words are, the higher the rank of the page, so the
higher it appears in the list of search results.
Example - type science NEAR lectures to match documents where the
word science is within 50 words of the word .
- Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator. Note
that if you don't use the OR operator and search using multiple
words, the words are treated as a phrase.
Example - type lions OR tigers to find the word lions or the word
tigers, but not necessarily both.
- Limit your search by using the AND NOT operator to exclude words.
Example - type surfing AND NOT the Internet to find all instances
of surfing, as long as surfing is not followed by the phrase the
Internet.
- Use double quotes if you want to use AND, OR, NOT, or
NEAR literally. <br>
Example - type <b>"shops near museums"</b>
to find documents
with the phrase <i>shops near museums.</i> Without the
double
quotes, this query would use the NEAR operator instead of
the phrase.
- Use a single asterisk (*) to look for words that begin with the
same letters.
Example - type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and
so on.
- Use a double asterisk (**) to look for all forms of a word.
Example - type fly** to match fly, flew, flown, and flying.
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