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Search Methods
The are a number of different methods for performing
searches.
Simply describe the information that you want. For example, "cancer".
Ask a question that you want answered. For example, "Is there a cure
for cancer?".
List important keywords relevant to your search topic. For example, "
cancer cure genetics".
Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.
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Symbol
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Meaning
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Action
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&
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AND
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Finds only documents containing all of the
specific words or phrases. For example, "performance & server"
finds documents with both the word "performance" and the word "server".
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OR
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Finds documents containing at least one of
the specified words or phrases. For example, "performance | server"
finds documents containing either "performance" or "server". The
found documents could contain both, but do not have to.
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!
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AND NOT
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Excludes documents containing the specific
word or phrase. For example, "performance ! server" finds
documents containing "performance" but not containing "server".
As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two terms.
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[ ]
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Grouping
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Used to group portions of boolean queries
together for more complicated queries. For example, "performance
& [improve | increase] ! Microsoft" finds documents
containing "performance" and either "improve" or "increase but not
"Microsoft".
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After you perform an initial search, every matching document description
will contain a "More like this" link that allows you to automatically
search for similar documents.
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