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SEARCH
TYPE
|
EXAMPLE
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
|
|
| Single
Word |
run |
A
Single Word search will return documents containing
the word or forms of the word. If you were
to search for run, you would find documents
containing "running", "ran" and "runner" as
well as "run". |
| Accrue |
bill
clinton |
An
Accrue search will return all documents containing
any of the words given. |
| Phrase |
"on
error" |
A
Phrase search—enclosed in quotes—will
return documents containing instances of the
exact string only. The given phrase must appear
in documents together and in the exact order. |
| Wildcard |
*ful
ful*
*ful* |
A
Wildcard search will return documents containing
the word or letters provided plus any combination
of letters in place of the asterisk. (i.e.
text in blue replaces the asterisk in the
example: beauti-ful
; ful-fill
;
art-ful-ly) |
| Boolean |
+bill
+hillary
+clinton -gore |
A
Boolean search returns documents containing
words under conditional criteria. A word preceded
by a plus (+) indicates that the word provided
is mandatory to any documents returned; while
a minus (-) returns only those documents that
do NOT contain the word that follows it.
NOTE:
Minus (-) takes precedence over plus (+). |
