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Search Tips:
To get more specific search results, try using the following tips:
Check spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. If Sound-Alike Matching
is turned on, the search engine will attempt to find words that sound similar
to your search terms, but it's always best to try to spell the search terms
correctly.
Use multiple words
Using multiple words will return more refined results than a single word. For
example, typing remote tracer will return more relevant results
than typing just tracer. (Keep in mind that relevant results are
returned even if they don't contain all query terms.)
Example:
remote tracer
Use similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant your results
will be.
Example: safe secure privacy security
Use quotation marks
Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to each other,
for example, "supplementary services." Otherwise, the search results
will include the word supplementary, and the word services, but not necessarily in that order. The words
may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the document.
Note: quotes can only be used when the "any" radio button
is selected. Quotes are ignored if the "all" or "phrase" radio buttons are selected.
Example: "supplementary services"
Use plus (+) or minus (-)
Use a plus sign when your search term or phrase must appear in the search results.
Use a minus sign to indicate undesirable term(s). The plus sign tells the search
engine that a certain word or phrase is required in the search results, and
a minus sign indicates that a word or phrase must be absent in the search results.
Note: A phrase must be contained within quotation marks. Leave no spaces between
the plus or minus sign and the term.
Note: plus and minus can only be used when the "any" radio
button is selected. Plus and minus are ignored if the "all" or "phrase" radio
buttons are selected.
Example: +"supplementary services"
Use wildcards
Wildcard searches can expand the number of matches for a particular request.
The * character is used as the wildcard character.
For instance, searching for wh* will find the words what,
why, when, whether, and any other word
that starts with wh.
Searching for *her* will find the words here, whether,
together, gathering, and any other word that contains
her anywhere in the word.
Wildcards may be combined with the standard plus (+) and minus (-) modifiers,
quotes for phrases, as well as the field search specifiers.
+wh* -se*ch will find all pages which have a word that starts
with wh and which does not contain a word that starts with se
and ends with ch.
"wh* are" will find the phrases where are,
what are, why are, etc.
Examples:
wh*
"wh* are"
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