| Type |
Example |
Explanation |
Logical operators
(AND, OR, NOT searching)
|
“computers” AND “California” AND NOT “Ohio” |
Finds matches where computers and California are present but where “Ohio” is not present. Note the use of quotation marks and the use of “AND NOT”. |
| Wildcard searching |
comput* |
This will return results containing the partial word, like “computed”, “computer”, “computation”. |
| Proximity searching |
"ross" NEAR "virus" |
This will rank the search results based on how close together the words are found. |
| Combinations |
"glandular" NEAR "fever" OR "epstein" AND bar* |
This search combines different elements of all advanced search options. |