Use the form below to search for documents contained within this web site containing specific words or combinations of words. The text search engine will display a weighted list of matching documents, with better matches shown first. Each list item is a link to a matching document; if the document has a title it will be shown, otherwise only the document's file name is displayed. A brief explanation of the query language is available, along with examples.

 

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Query Language

The text search engine allows queries to be formed from arbitrary Boolean expressions containing the keywords AND, OR, and NOT, as well as ANY/ALL/EXACT selections, and grouped with parentheses. For example:

How To Search: Type a search with the words that you are looking for in the entry box, then click [Search].
Any Word:
Just type one or more words to find any of the words. [ Find ANY words ] is the usual default.
 
All Words:
Type more than one word and select [ Find ALL words ] 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 Operators: + -
Use + in front of each word or a quoted phrase that you require.
Use - in front of each word that you want to exclude.
 
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
stock market 'stock' or 'market' or both
"stock market" the phrase 'stock market'
+stock +market 'stock' and 'market'
+stock -market 'stock' but not 'market'
+president -"United States" 'president' but not 'United States'
(stock OR market) AND NOT president 'stock' or 'market', and without 'president'
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].
PicoSearch will retrieve the best documents that match the query by weighing all of the results. If all of the search words are found in a document, that document will be weighted appropriately higher than a document which contains only a couple of those words. PicoSearch uses an advanced match totaling algorithm; we weight all of the words that are searched so that you will get the best match for the information that you are seeking.

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