Find ANY word Find ALL words  Find EXACT phrase

How to Search

 

Type words you want to search for into the entry box and press <enter>, or click [Search].

 

Any Word

 

Just type one or more words to find any of the words. [ Find ANY ] is the usual default.

 

All Words

 

Type more than one word and select [ Find ALL ] to find all of the words.

Or you can use Booleans (see below).

 

Exact Phrase: "..."

 

You can search for exact phrases by surrounding them in double quotes.

Or you can just type the words and select [ Find EXACT phrase ].

Punctuation must be the same to be found between words, for example "Smith, John"

 

Boolean Expressions: AND OR NOT ()

 

Use AND, OR, NOT, (, and ) to form a Boolean expression.

AND requires, OR allows, NOT excludes.

Use double quotes to protect the words "and", "or", or "not" in a phrase.

 

Examples

 

Query	Gets the documents with
VoIP Simulation SIP	VoIP or Simulation or SIP or all
"SIP Simulation"	the phrase SIP Simulation
(SIP OR VoIP) AND NOT Simulation	SIP or VoIP, and without Simulation

 

Capitalization doesn't matter.  The ranked results will come from a total match on the words and phrases which you supply, so try to think of several specific terms for your topic and spell them correctly.  It may help to include important plurals and derived words too, like [address addresses contact contacting information].