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1. Think
of all the words that would always appear on the perfect page. Put those in
the WITH ALL THE WORDS field. 2. The ability to search
for phrases can be extremely useful. Put phrases in the EXACT PHRASE field. 3. If there's a term
with synonyms, either of which might appear on the page, put them in the WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE WORDS field. 4. Put words that might show-up
to eliminate unwanted pages in the WITHOUT
field. |
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Operator |
Description |
Example |
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use a keyword or idea, be specific |
“Bill of Rights” |
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use a
phrase, question, or string of ideas. |
“First Amendment” |
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use
capitals only for proper nouns. Avoid plurals. |
Consitution |
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AND, +, & |
include both words |
Constitution AND “Bill of Rights” |
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OR, | |
include either word |
“First Amendment” OR “Bill of Rights” AND constitution |
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NOT, - |
exclude this word |
“Bill of Rights” NOT Library NOT second AND “First Amendment” |
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AND NOT, ! |
all, but this word |
“Bill of Rights” AND NOT Library |
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NEAR, ~ |
similiar to this word, good for misspellings |
NEAR sculpture |
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* |
wildcard, include plurals and close matches |
“First Amendment”* |
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" " |
looks for things in quotations |
"Bill of Rights" |
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use lowercase letters |
upper case can limit your search |
"bill of rights" |
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title:, t: |
to find the word in the title of the page |
title: constitution |
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url:,
u: |
the word in URL |
u: firstamendment |