Search Methods
This search page supports a number of different methods for
performing searches.
Description Search
Simply describe the information that you want. For example,
"Birthday party fun activities"
Question Search
Ask a question that you want answered. For example, "What
are some things you can't do with radio advertising?"
Keyword Search
List important keywords relevant to your search topic. For
example, "birthday parties balloons hats horns"
Boolean Keyword Search
Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.
|
Symbol |
Meaning |
Action |
| & |
AND |
Finds only documents containing
all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "wigwam
& tipi" finds documents with both the word "wigwam"
and the word "tipi". |
| | |
OR |
Finds documents containing at least one of the
specified words or phrases. For example, "ugly | dog"
finds documents containing either "ugly" or "dog".
The found documents could contain both, but do not have to. |
| ! |
AND NOT |
Excludes documents containing the specific word
or phrase. For example, "party ! hearty" finds
documents containing "party" but not containing "hearty".
As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two
terms. |
| [ ] |
Grouping |
Used to group portions of boolean queries together
for more complicated queries. For example, "party &
[balloons | hats] ! cakes" finds documents containing
"party" and either "balloons" or "hats"
but not "cakes". |
Similar Document Search
After you perform an initial search, every matching document
description will contain a "More like this"
link that allows you to automatically search for similar documents.
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