Search Tips.
*Check spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. The search
engine will attempt to find words that
sound similar your search terms, but it is always best to
spell the search terms correctly.
* Use multiple words
Use multiple words when performing your search.
More words for a search will return more refined results than
a search from a single word.
* Use similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant
results will be to the words that you are searching for.
* Use appropriate capitalization
Use capitalization when looking for proper nouns such as the
name of a person or place. Lowercase
words will match any words of any case.
* Use quotation marks around phrases
Use quotation marks to find words that must appear adjacent
to each other within a phrase. For example, search for "Indira
Gandhi" within quotes rather than just Indira Gandhi.
* Use Boolean plus (+) or minus (-) operators
Precede a search term or phrase with a plus (+) sign to indicate
it must appear in a search result.
Precede a search term with a minus (-) sign to indicate an
undesirable search term or phrase that must
not appear in a search result. For example, searching for
+dogs -collie will return results that are about
dogs, but not about collies.
* Use field searches
Field searches allow you to search for words that appear in
a specific part of a document such as the
body text (body:), title text (title:), alt text (alt:), meta
description (desc:), meta keywords (keys:)
or URL (url:). The field name should include the colon and
precede the search word or phrase with no spaces between them.
For example, searching for title:presidents will find pages
with presidents in the title of the page.
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