 
searching
 |
Search Syntax Summary | |
| Operator |
Action |
Example |
| "term1 term2 ..." |
Specifies that words should be adjacent |
"White House" |
| +term |
Requires a term |
+"White House" history |
| -term |
Excludes documents containing a term |
"White House" -news |
fieldname:
term |
Specifies that the term must be found in that field.
See listing of fieldnames in the table below. |
title:"Branches of the Government" |
| query1 | query2 |
Searches the results of query1 with query2,
ranking results by relevance to both query1 and query2. |
bush, cheney | education |
| query1 || query2 |
Searches the results of query1 with query2,
ranking results only by relevance to query2. |
bush, education || reform |
| Note: Lowercase terms match any case,
otherwise case is matched exactly as typed. |
Field Search Summary
| Name |
Description |
Example |
| |
If no field is specified, the text is searched for in the Title,
Summary, and Body. |
Ronald Reagan |
| link |
A hyperlink within the text of the document |
link:whitehouse.gov |
| url |
The URL of the document |
url:news/releases |
| title |
Title of the document |
title:"downhill skiing" title:Washington |
| Note: Please see the
Special Searches page
for details on field search. |
|
|
|
 topics 
 |
Searching |
|
|
|
|
