Tips for Searching

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

To Search For	Use a Search Type of:	Example	Results
An exact phrase	exact phrase	client manager	All articles containing the words client manager.
All of the words but not in a specific order	all of the words	client manager	All articles containing both client and manager not necessarily in that order.
Any of the words	any of the words	client manager	All articles containing client (not necessarily manager) and all articles containing manager (not necessarily client).
Words with the same prefix	all of the words	allocat*	All articles containing words with the prefix allocat (i.e., allocate, allocating, allocated, allocation, and so on).
All forms of a word	all of the words	begin**	All articles containing begin, began, begun, and so on.

Notes

Searches are case-insensitive, therefore uppercase or lowercase text can be used.
Common words are ignored when performing a search (e.g., an, a, the, for).
Punctuation marks such as the period, colon, semicolon, and comma are ignored when performing a search.
When performing a search for the following characters, enclose the search within double quotation marks: &, |, ^, #, @, $, (, )

Using Boolean Operators

You can refine your search by creating a relationship between search terms using the following operators: AND, OR, AND NOT, and NEAR. When using operators, the Boolean phrase option MUST be selected in the Search Type field.

To Search For	Operator	Example	Results
More than one word	AND	client AND manager	All articles containing the words client and manager.
Words close to each other	NEAR	client NEAR manager	Performing a search using the NEAR operator is similar to performing a search using the AND operator, all articles containing the words client and manager will be listed. However, the articles will be ranked in order of the proximity of the words. The closer the words are to each other, the higher the rank.
Exclude certain text	AND NOT	statement AND NOT report	All articles containing the word statement but not report.
One word or another	OR	statement OR report	All articles containing the word statement or the word report.

Notes

Parentheses can be used to nest expressions within a search. The expressions in parentheses are evaluated before the rest of the search.
The NOT operator can only be used after the AND operator.