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Advanced Search
From this page, you can search all files at the site that are coded in
the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). You may search the "Entire NRC Website,"
or a specific collection listed on the drop-down menu.
Use the following steps to search our site:
- Enter the word or phrase ("search
query") you are seeking.
- Select the collection of documents from the drop-down menu.
- Press the Search button and Select a document from
the list matching your search query.
Note: To search the comprehensive collection of public documents that
reside in the agency's document retrieval system (ADAMS), see our ADAMS
search page.
Search Principles
The search engine will search the site for files containing your search
query using the following general principles:
- Case sensitivity. Search queries typed in all upper case or
all lower case letters match without regard to case. Search phrases
typed in mixed case (such as a capitalized initial letter in a proper
name) yield matches only when the case matches as well.
- Complete words. A search query matches only complete words
unless a wildcard character (* or ?) is used in place of one or more
missing characters, as applicable.
- The search engine searches the full-text of all documents in a collection
unless you specifically limit your search as described in Help
With Searching.
- If your search query includes more than one word, the search engine
will find all documents that contain all of the words in your search
query in order.
- Each word in the query will be stemmed,
as applicable.
- The search engine sorts matching files by relevancy,
so documents at the top of the list will contain more and better matches
than those lower in the list.
Special Characters
If you wish to exercize greater control over the results of your search,
you may use special characters such as--
| Character |
Purpose |
| ( ) or " " |
Use parentheses or quotation marks to enclose a word
or phrase that you want to find exactly as entered |
| * |
Use an asterisk to represent any number of unknown characters.
For example, steam* will match any word beginning with
the characters steam. |
| ? |
Use a question mark to represent a single unknown character.
For example, steam? will match any 6-letter word beginning
with the characters s t e a m. |
| and |
Use and between words if you want to find documents
that contain both words but not one or the other by itself |
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