Search
- Detailed search
- Explicit operator «AND» - both words must be found in the matching text. Operator symbol – “&”
Example: electricity & supply
Operator OR - one of the words must be found in the matching document. Operator symbol – “|”.
Example: sales | trading
Operator NOT - the word must not be present in the matching document. Operator symbol – “-”, “!”.
Example: electricity-supply
electricity !supply
Grouping - combining operators. Operator symbol – “( )”
Example: (supply-electricity) | (supply-coal) – text mentions supply but no electricity or coal
Phrase search operator &; searching a phrase, i.e. at least two consecutive words. Operator symbol – “”
Example: “electricity supply”
Proximity search operator will only match those documents that pass a given threshold of given words. Operator symbol – “~”
Example: “electricity supply”~2
Quorum matching operator – number of words in the phrase that must match. Operator symbol – “/”
Example: “continue work for introduction of corporate social responsibility standards”/3
Strict order operator (aka operator "before") will match the document only if keywords occur in the document exactly in the query order, i.e. bbb comes after aaa. Operator symbol – “<<”
Example: “aaa << bbb << ccc”
Exact form modifier will match the document only if the keyword occurred in exactly the specified form. Operator symbol – “=”
Example: =lobbying for =reforms
Word part search operator searches for words based on the three or more first letters. Works only for headings of articles/ pages/ documents/ manuals. Operator symbol – “*”
Example: tech*