Boolean Operators |
Examples |
Result |
AND
& |
banking AND
services
banking & services
banking development |
Using these operators will return only the results with both the words banking AND services in either the title or the
description.
Note: If you don't
separate your search words, AND is implied by
default. |
OR
|
, |
banking OR
services
banking | services
banking,
services |
Using any of these operators will return results that contain either banking OR services in the
title or the description.
|
AND NOT |
banking AND NOT
services |
Using AND NOT will return those results that contain the word bankingbut will exclude those that contain the
word services. |
( ) Utilize parentheses to separate keyword
subsets |
(banking OR services) AND NOT teller |
Using the parentheses to separate keyword subsets will result in a more refined search. You can use any of the Boolean Operators to separate your search criteria. |
" "
Utilize quotation marks to identify
phrases |
"banking
services" |
Use phrases
in Search when you want specific words or numbers to appear together in
your results. If you want to find an exact phrase, use
"quotation marks"
around the phrase
when you enter words in the search box. |
* Utilize an asterisk as a wildcard
character |
bank* |
Using * after a
root word will bring back any results that contain a variation of that root
word in the title or description. In this example, the search would
return any results that contain the words bank,
banking, banker, etc. |