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Search Help
How To Search:
- Any Word:
- Type one or more words and select [ Search ANY ] to find any of the words.
- All Words:
- Type more than one word and select [ Search ALL ] to find all of the words.
Or you can use Booleans (see below).
- Exact Phrase: "..."
- You can search for exact phrases by surrounding them in double quotes.
Or you can just type the words and select [ Search EXACT ].
- Boolean Operators: + -
- Use + in front of each word or a quoted phrase that you require.
Use - in front of each word that you want to exclude.
- Boolean Expressions: AND OR NOT ( )
- Use AND, OR, NOT, (, and ) to form a Boolean expression. AND requires, OR allows, NOT excludes.
Use double quotes to protect the words "and", "or", or "not" in a phrase.
Examples:
| Query: |
Gets the documents with: |
| Dalai Lama |
'Dalai' or 'Lama' or both |
| "His Holiness The Dalai Lama" |
the phrase 'His Holiness The Dalai Lama' |
| +CTA +"Tibet Support Group" |
'CTA' and 'Tibet Support Group' |
| +labor -"labor camp" |
'labor' but not 'labor camp' |
| (Tibet OR Tibetan) AND Dharamsala NOT TAR |
'Tibet' or 'Tibetan', and 'Dharamsala' without 'TAR' |
Capitalization doesn't matter. The ranked results will come from a total match on the words and phrases which you supply, so try to think of several specific terms for your topic and spell them correctly.
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