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SEARCH TIPS:
Check
spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly.
Use
multiple words
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 Practical Nursing will return more relevant results
than typing only Nursing. (Keep in mind, relevant results are returned
even if they don't contain all query terms.)
Use
similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant results
you will get back.
Use
appropriate capitalization
Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case. For example,
typing computer will return all documents containing the words computer,
Computer, and COMPUTER. However, typing Computer will only search for
pages about Computer.
Use
quotation marks
Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to each other,
for example, "Centre for Advanced Microelectronics." Otherwise, the search
results will include the word Centre, Advanced, and the word Microelectronics,
but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and
in any order, within the document.
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.
Use
field searches
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.
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.
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