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Adjacency | Multiple words are searched together as one phrase, except in the case of least relevant results (see Results Ranking tab) where the word AND is placed between keywords. Example: world health organization |
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Wildcards | Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk, "*" for open-ended truncation, "?" to replace a single character anywhere within a word. Examples: environment* polic*, inter**, wom?n |
Boolean Operators | Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Example: stocks and bonds Example: (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation) |
Proximity Operators | Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. Example: california near university |
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