| Operator |
Example |
Result |
| OR |
travel agent;
travel OR agent;
travel || agent
|
Finds documents that contain either the word travel or the word agent or both |
| OR with phrases |
"travel agent" travel |
Finds documents that contain the phrase travel agent or the word travel or both |
| AND |
travel AND agent;
travel agent
|
Finds documents that contain both the word travel and the word agent |
| AND with phrases |
"travel agent" AND "travel services"; travel agent" "travel services |
Finds documents that contain both the phrase travel agent and the phrase travel services |
| + required |
+ safety water |
Finds documents that must contain the word safety (the term after the + symbol) and
may contain the word water
|
| NOT |
drinking water NOT municipal;
drinking water - municipal;
|
Finds documents that contain the word drinking and the word water but not the word
municipal
|
| NOT with phrase |
charter NOT "Vancouver Charter";
charter - "Vancouver Charter"
|
Finds documents that contain the word charter but not the phrase Vancouver Charter |
| Exact phrase |
"workers compensation board" |
Finds documents that contain the phrase workers compensation board |
| Single character wildcard |
wom?n
th??
|
Finds documents that contain the words woman, women Finds document with this, that
them, they, than
|
| Multiple character wildcard |
audit*
a*t
|
Finds documents that contain the words audit, audits, auditor, etc. Finds that contain
the words at, act, affect, assent, etc.
|
| Fuzzy search |
fusion~ |
Finds documents that contain the words fusion, union, vision, etc |
| Ordered Proximity search |
"security tax"~~10 |
Finds documents with security and the word tax within 10 words, in the order given |
| Unordered Proximity search |
"corporate tax”~10 |
Finds documents that contain the word corporate and the word tax within 10 words,
in any order
|
| Grouping |
(charter OR bylaw) AND police |
Finds documents that contain either the word charter or the word bylaw and the word
police
|
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