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Advanced SearchTo use: Simply type a few words describing what you are looking for in the entry box below, then click [Search]. You can also search for combined terms (exact phrases) by surrounding them in quotes. You can limit the search to one of the main areas of this site by selecting the area from the Look In list. The other controls are optional. |
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Check spelling Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. The search engine will attempt to find words that sound similar to your search terms, but it is always best to try to spell the search terms correctly. Example: saerch temlpate This will return any documents that have either a word that sounds similar to "saerch" or "temlpate".
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Use multiple words Use multiple words when performing your search. The search results will return more refined results from several words than from a single word. For example, typing our free service will return more relevant results than typing only service. (Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even if they don't contain all query terms.) Example: our free service This will return any documents that have either the word "our" or "free" or "service".
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Use similar words The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant results you will get back. Example: safe secure privacy security This will return any documents that contain any of these words.
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Capitalization And Foreign Characters For simplicity, capitalization is ignored, and you don't have to enter accented characters to search for foreign words. Example: pagina Search Template The first search will return documents that contain "pagina" and "página". The second search will return documents that have the word "Search" or "search" or "Template" or "template".
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Use quotation marks Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to each other, for example, "our pledge to you." Otherwise, the search results will include the word our, pledge, to, and the word you, but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the document. Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons for "any," "all," and "phrase," then quotes can only be used when the "any" radio button is selected. Quotes are ignored if the Advanced Search Form "all" or "phrase" radio button is selected. Example: "our pledge to you" This will return only the documents that have the exact phrase (or a phrase that sounds like) "our pledge to you".
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Use plus (+) or minus (-) Use a plus sign when your search term or phrase must appear in the search results. Use a minus sign to indicate undesirable term(s). The plus sign tells the search engine that a certain word or phrase is required in the search results, and a minus sign indicates that a word or phrase must be absent in the search results. Note: A phrase must be contained within quotation marks. Leave no spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term. Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons for "any," "all," and "phrase," then plus and minus can only be used when the "any" radio button is selected. Plus and minus are ignored if the Advanced Search Form "all" or "phrase" radio button is selected. Example: +"template language" -"pledge" This will return any document that contains the phrase "template language" and does not contain the word "pledge".
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Use wild cards Wildcard searches can expand the number of matches for a particular request. The * character is used as the wildcard character. For instance, searching for wh* will find the words what, why, when, whether, and any other word that starts with wh. Searching for *her* will find the words here, whether, together, gathering, and any other word that contains her anywhere in the word. Wildcards may be combined with the standard plus (+) and minus (-) modifiers, quotes for phrases, as well as the field search specifiers. +wh* -se*ch will find all pages which have a word that starts with wh and which does not contain a word that starts with se and ends with ch. "wh* are" will find the phrases where are, what are, why are, etc. Example: |