Operator | Action | Example |
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"term1 term2 ..." | Specifies that words should be adjacent | "laser printer" |
+term | Requires a term | +"laser printer" color |
-term | Excludes documents containing a term | "laser printer" -color |
fieldname:term | Specifies that the term must be found in that field. See listing of fieldnames in the table below. | title:"laser printer" |
Note: Annotated examples and Boolean-style searches are available. Lowercase terms match any case, otherwise case is matched exactly as typed. |
Field Search Summary
Name | Description | Example |
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If no field is specified, the text is searched for in the Title, Summary, and Body. | color computer | |
link | A hyperlink within the text of the document | link:infoseek.com |
site | Pages on a specified site | site:cnet.com |
url | The URL of the document | url:netscape.com/people |
title | Title of the document | title:"downhill skiing" title:Washington |
Note: Please see the Special Searches page for details on field search. |