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For the best results, please be as accurate as possible with the search criteria. Increasing the accuracy of a search can be accomplished by using special search query operators.
Search Criteria
By default, if a search query is entered without any arguments between the words, each
word must be present in a document in order for it to show up on the results list. Here is a chart of Boolean arguments and some examples of each:
AND
+ (plus)
You can
use the AND argument, or the + (plus)
which requires the word be present in a document in
order for it to qualify as a matching result. In the
example below, the words central, park, and
the phrase "new york" must all be present in a
document in order for it to show up on the results
page.
The the example below, the words William
and Jefferson must both be present in a document
in order for it to show up on the results
page.
NOT
- (minus)
As important as it
might be to require a word to exist in a search query, it
may be just as important to provide words that you do not
want to be present in a search. This is where the
NOT argument, or the - (minus) comes in
handy. This often helps visitors remove documents by
specifying words that may not have relevancy to their
search. In the example below, the words central
and park are required, however, the word mime
must not be present in order for a document to show up on
the results page.
The same thing can be
accomplished with + and - operators in the
example below.
OR
| (pipe)
The OR
argument, or the | (pipe) is a condition that states
that the word or phrase can be present (and thus give it a
higher relevancy ranking), but it is not required for a
document to show up on the results page. This argument
is useful to include additional search query parameters
without completely removing other candidate matches.
In the example below, the word search is required,
but the word term is not -- however, if it is present
in a document, it will score a higher relevancy.
"phrase search"
Searching for phrases
means that the words between the quotes must show up in that
exact order, adjacent to one another. In the example
below, the complete phrase "Detroit Rock City" must
be present in a document in order for it to show up on a
results page. Having the words Detroit,
Rock, or City on the document is not enough --
the words must be in the exact word order as provided
between the quotation marks.
Wildcard
*
Searching with
wildcards allows a query to search for a partial match of a
word. The conditions are that a wildcard can only
appear at the end of a search term, and at least two
characters must be provided before the wildcard *
(asterisk) argument. In example below, all
matching documents that contain words that begin with the
characters De and contain the word Miller will
show up on the search results page:
Examples of words that
satisfy the De* wildcard search term are: Detroit,
Dennis, Dean, and Demolition.