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+word
Placing a plus sign in front of a word will require
that all records returned by the search contain that
word.
-word
Placing a minus sign in front of a word will ensure
that no records returned by the search contain the word.
“phrase search”
Placing quotes around a string of words will direct
the search to return records containing the string of
words in the specified order.
+“phrase search”
Placing a plus sign in front of a quoted string of words
will require that all records
returned by the search contain the string of words in
the specified order.
-“phrase search”
Placing a minus sign in front of a quoted string of
words will ensure that no records
returned by the search will contain the string of words
in the specified order.
substring*
Placing an asterisk next to a word or string will return
records that contain the word or string as part of a
larger string, dependant on which side of the word or
string the asterisk is placed. For example, searching
for “bar*” would return “barber”,
“*bar” would return “foobar”, and
“*bar*” would return “foobarber”.
Note that the asterisk does not require that the search
string be preceded or followed by any other string:
searching for “bar*”, “*bar” or
“*bar*” would also return “bar”.
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