Basic search |
The search tool finds pages that contain all
the words you are searching for. The words can be anywhere on the
page. This search ignores all punctuation characters in your
search text. |
Word stemming and synonyms |
Searching for throw will also match the words
throws, thrower, throwers, ... Common
mis-spellings and regional variations are also matched, so
teh will also find the, and color will also
find colour and vice versa. Put text in 'single quotes' if
you do not want word stemming or synonyms. |
Letter case |
Use single quotes to match capitals eg:
'Mexico'. |
Adjacent words |
Use double quotes to match adjacent words eg:
"mexico city". Punctuation characters have the same
effect, so sales@phdcc.com is equivalent to
"sales phdcc com". These searches may take
longer. |
Logical searches |
Use and, or, not and parentheses
( ) to do logical searches. To find the words
and, or or not put them in "double quotes".
A basic search for swiss cheese is equivalent to swiss
and cheese. |
Wild cards |
Use ? to match exactly one character and
* to match any number of characters. For example,
mexic? and mex* both match the word mexico.
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Previous searches |
Press the Esc key to go back to your
previous search text. |
Subsets |
If available, click on Subsets to choose the
subsets that you want to include in your search. |
Indexes |
If available, click on Indexes to change the
index. |
Languages |
If available, click on Languages to change the
Search user interface language. |
Help |
Click on Help for instructions, details and
information on the current index. |
Word highlighting |
In Internet Explorer 4 or later for Windows and some
other browsers, the search will highlight any search words in the
displayed web page like this
and add navigation arrows (< and
>)
to help you move between matching words. |