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Instructions
Description Search
- Simply describe the information
that you want. For example, "Web server performance enhancements."
Question Search
- Ask a question that you want
answered. For example, "How do I increase the performance
of my Web server?"
Keyword Search
- List important keywords relevant
to your search topic. For example, "enhance improve performance
server web"
Boolean Keyword Search
- Refine a keyword search using
boolean operators.
|
Symbol |
Meaning |
Action |
| & |
AND |
Finds
only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases.
For example, "performance & server" finds
documents with both the word "performance" and the
word "server". |
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OR |
Finds documents
containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For
example, "performance | server" finds documents
containing either "performance" or "server".
The found documents could contain both, but do not have to. |
| ! |
AND NOT |
Excludes documents
containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "performance
! server" finds documents containing "performance"
but not containing "server". As with the & and
| operators, ! must appear between two terms. |
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Grouping |
Used to group portions
of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For
example, "performance & [improve | increase] ! Microsoft"
finds documents containing "performance" and either
"improve" or "increase but not "Microsoft". |
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