How To Search: Type words into the entry box that you want to
search for, then click [Search].
- Any Word:
- Just type one or more words to find any of the words. [ Find
ANY ] is the usual default.
- All Words:
- Type more than one word and select [ Find ALL ] to find all of
the words.
Or you can use Booleans (see below).
- Exact Phrase: "..."
- You can search for exact phrases by surrounding them in double
quotes. Or you can just type the words and select [ Find EXACT
phrase ]. Punctuation must be the same to be found between words,
for example "White Plains , NY"
- Boolean Operators: + -
- Use + in front of each word or a quoted phrase that you
require.
Use - in front of each word that you want to exclude.
- Boolean Expressions: AND OR NOT ( )
- Use AND, OR, NOT, (, and ) to form a Boolean expression. AND
requires, OR allows, NOT excludes.
Use double quotes to protect
the words "and", "or", or "not" in a phrase. Examples:
| Query |
Finds the documents with |
| breast cancer |
'breast' or 'cancer' or both |
| "breast cancer" |
the phrase 'breast cancer ' |
| +breast +cancer |
'breast' and 'cancer' |
| +breast -cancer |
'breast but not 'cancer' |
| +meetings -"new members " |
'meetings' but not 'new members ' |
| (meetings OR events) AND NOT Tuesday |
'meetings' or 'events', and without 'Tuesday'' |
Capitalization
doesn't matter. The ranked results will come from a total
match on the words and phrases which you supply, so try to think
of several
specific terms for your topic and spell them correctly. It may help
to include important plurals and other forms of words such as [committee
committees plan planning] .
Search:
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