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Search Enhancement

1. Be detailed Begin with many words, then decrease if no result. Always use small characters.
2. Use plus and minus-signs cat+persian in result, dog-poodle not in result
3. Search document title t: or title: in front of words desired
4. Boolean search AND must appear, OR must appear, AND NOT not appear, NEAR within 10 words of the other or NEAR/15 within 15 words, ( ) parenthenses around group portion of query. Example: Food AND (grain AND NOT oats)
5. Search for object? Person, title or expression, use " " (quote signs) around the phrase. Finds phrase in exactly that order.
6. The wildcard * (asterisk), when unsure about exact spelling or to get all hyphened words.
7. Topics Use lists sorted by subject. Example: for children on Josh. Click on the subject "Health", then "Children".
8. Use many sites/methods Each site has a specialty.
9. On-site help Learn to make simple and advanced searches.
10. Include site:(your url) to search specific site

Update: Jan 29/08