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To perform a basic search, type what you are looking
for into the Search For box and click Search. For more instructions
read the Search Tips below.
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TIPS
To get more specific search results, try using the
following tips:
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 is always best to
Use multiple words when performing your search. The search results
will return more refined results from several words than from a
single word. For example, typing hex
head bolt will return more relevant results than typing only
bolt. (Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even if they
don't contain all query terms.)
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant results
you will get back.
Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case. For
example, typing engineering
will return all documents containing the words engineering,
Engineering, and ENGINEERING.
However, typing Engineering
will only return pages with Engineering.
Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to
each other, for example, "our
pledge to you." Otherwise, the search results will include
the word our,
pledge, to, and the word
you, but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear
anywhere, and in any order, within the document.
Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons
for "any," "all," and "phrase," then quotes can only be used when
the "any" radio button is selected. Quotes are ignored if the Advanced
Search Form "all" or "phrase" radio button is selected.
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: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons
for "any," "all," and "phrase," then plus and minus can only be
used when the "any" radio button is selected. Plus and minus are
ignored if the Advanced Search Form "all" or "phrase" radio button
is selected.
Field searches allow you to create specific searches for words that
appear in a specific part of a document. A field search can be performed
on body text (body:),
title text (title:),
alt text (alt:),
meta description (desc:),
meta key words (keys:)
or URL (url:).
The field name should be in lowercase and immediately followed by
a colon. There should be no spaces between the colon and the search
term.
Note: The field searches can only be followed by a word or phrase.
Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.
Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with a list box
for the field name, then field names can only be entered before
a word or phrase when the "any" option is selected. Specific field
names are ignored if any other Advanced Search Form field is selected
in the list box.
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.
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