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Search Tips

At its simplest, a search query can be just a word. But with the tips on this page, you can refine your search to give you more complete results.

To look for... Action and example

A phrase Action - Type the whole phrase.
Example - type sports events to find the exact phrase sports events. Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent to Sports Events.

Words that begin with the same letters Action - Use a single asterisk (*) at the end of the word.
Example - Type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.

All forms of a word Action - Use a double asterisk (**) at the end of the word.
Example - Type fly** to match fly, flew, flown, and flying.

Two or more words at once Action - Use the AND operator.
Example - type sports AND events to find documents that have both the word sports and the word events anywhere.

Words that are close to each other Action - Use the NEAR operator. When you use NEAR, the closer together the words are, the higher the rank of the page, so the higher it appears in the list of search results.
Example - type sports NEAR events to match documents where the word sports is within 50 words of the word events.

Synonyms (similar words) Action - Use the OR operator. Note that if you don't use the OR operator and search using multiple words, the words are treated as a phrase.
Example - type dogs OR puppies to find the word dogs or the word puppies, but not necessarily both.

The words AND, OR, NOT or NEAR in a phrase Action - Use double quotes around the phrase.
Example - Type "houses near parks" to find documents with the phrase houses near parks. Without the double quotes, this query would use the NEAR operator instead of the phrase.

To limit your search Action - Use the AND NOT operator to exclude words.
Example - Type surfing AND NOT the Internet to find all instances of surfing, as long as surfing is not followed by the phrase the Internet.

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