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|Increasing the accuracy of a search can be accomplished by using special search query operators. By default, if a search query is entered without any arguments between the words, all the words must be present in the document in order for it to show up on the results list.|
|Here is a list of arguments and some examples of each:|
|Phrasing "" by including the words in quotes the search is
modified to return results for the exact phrase included in the
will return documents with the phrase grass snake, but not those simply containing the words grass and snake.
|AND + (Plus) This operator states that a word must be
present in a document for it to appear on the search
Will only return documents containing both the phrase "grass snake" and the word identification.
Will return documents containing the words grass and snake
|NOT - (Minus) This operator can be very useful to remove
documents that might not be useful to your search
will return documents containing the word grass but not the word snake
|OR |(Pipe) This operator states that a phrase can be in a
document, but it is not required. If it is present then that document will be
given a higher ranking in the search.
Will return documents with the words grass and snake, those also containing the word juvenile will be given a higher ranking
Wildcard searches allow you to search a document for partial words
Will return words beginning with the letters hiber, such as hibernacula, hibernation, hibernate