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Search Operators and Example Results

Operator	Search	Search Results
*	test*	Contains 0 or more wild characters: test, tests, tester, testing etc
?	te?t	Contains terms with the single character replaced: test, text, etc
~	test~	Contains terms similar in spelling: tests, rest, best, etc
OR	pv OR photovoltaic	Contains either term: pv or photovoltaic
AND	geothermal AND reservoir	Contains both terms: geothermal and reservoir
NOT	lighting NOT daylighting	Contains lighting but not daylighting
+	+geothermal reservoir	Contains geothermal and may contain reservoir
()	(lighting or daylighting) AND photovoltaic	Contains either lighting or daylighting and contains photovoltaic

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OR is the default operator.
- If you search for geothermal reservoir, the search engine will automatically include the "OR" operator as follows:
- geothermal OR reservoir
Operators must be ALL CAPS: AND, OR, NOT.
Operators * and ? cannot be used as the first character of a search.
The following special characters are part of the query syntax: + - && || ! () {} [] ^ " ~ * ? : \
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