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Search tips

Type words into the entry box that you want to search for, then click the "Search this site" button.

Any Word:

Just type one or more words to find any of the words.

All Words:

Type a '+' before each word to find all of the words.

Exact Phrase: "..."

You can search for exact phrases by enclosing them in double quotation marks. Any punctuation between the words must also match that in the source, for example "Smith, John"

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 quotation marks to distinguish the words "and", "or", or "not" in a phrase from Boolean expressions.

Examples

QueryFinds the documents with
free tour‘free’ or ‘tour’ or both
"free tour"the phrase ‘free tour’
+free +tour‘free’ and ‘tour’
+free -tour‘free’ but not ‘tour’
+trial -"free tour"‘trial’ but not ‘free tour’
(free OR trial) AND NOT tour‘free’ or ‘trial’, and without ‘tour’

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. It may help to include important plurals and derived words too, such as [address addresses contact contacting information].

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