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To perform a search, type what you are looking for into the
search box:
To
get more specific search results, try using the following
tips:
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Use
field searches
Example:
title:"Legal Statement"
keys:employment
body:benefits
alt:"more information"
url:questions
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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.
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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 automotive tape
applications will return more relevant results than typing
only auto. (Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even
if they don't contain all query terms.)
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Use
similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant
results you will get back.
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Use
appropriate capitalization
Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case.
For example, typing papermill will return all documents containing
the words papermill, Papermill, and PAPERMILL. However, typing
Papermill Applications will only search for pages in the Papermill
sector of Permacel's Bonding & Joining Unit.
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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 the Environment".
Otherwise, the search results will include the word Our, Pledge,
to, the, and the word Environment, but not necessarily in
that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order,
within the document.
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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.
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Use
field searches
Field searches allow you to create specific searches for words
that appear in a specific part of a document. A field search
can be performed on body text (body:), title text (title:),
alt text (alt:), meta description (desc:), meta key words
(keys:) or URL (url:). The field name should be in lowercase
and immediately followed by a colon. There should be no spaces
between the colon and the search term.
Note:
The field searches can only be followed by a word or phrase.
Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.
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Use
wildcards
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.
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