| 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 |
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
|
