To
begin, put the first word you want to search in the top
box and hit search. You may use connectors to add any additional
terms.
Note: You can use *
or ! as a root expander.
Advanced Search Operator Reference
Advanced Search Query is
provided for beginners and users who do not wish to learn
the format of a search statement. Searches are entered by
typing in words or phrases and choosing options from a menu.
The operators which can
be used to specify conditional searches in the Menu-Assisted
Query are:
AND
which ALSO contain ...
- Locates documents which contain
both of the entered words or phrases.
E.g. documents that contain child and which
also contain adoption
OR which
contain ...
Locates documents which
contain any one of the entered words or
phrases.
E.g. documents that contain attorney or which
contain lawyer.
But
do NOT contain ...
Locates documents which
contain the first word or phrase, but not
the second.
E.g. documents that contain theft but do
not contain misdemeanor.
Within
a PARAGRAPH of ...
Locates documents which
contain both words or phrases, but also within
a paragraph on either side of each other.
E.g. documents that contain child within
a paragraph adoption.
In the
same PARAGRAPH as ...
-
Locates documents
which contain both words or phrases in the same
paragraph.
E.g. documents that contain child support in
the same paragraph as guidelines.
| The difference
between the Within a Paragraph of... and In the
Same Paragraph as... operators is that Within
a Paragraph of.. will find words where they are
not actually in the same paragraph, but are instead
in successive paragraphs. |
For example,
the document:
The custodial
parent requests child support.
The guidelines look at a number of factors. |
Will
be found by the query:
child support Within a Paragraph of guidelines
but will
not be found by:
child support In the Same Paragraph as guidelines
Within
10 WORDS of ...
Locates documents in
where both words or phrases appear in the same paragraph
and within ten words of one another.
E.g. documents that contain tree within 10
words of neighbor.
Followed
anywhere by ...
Locates documents in
where the first word or phrase is followed anywhere by
the second.
E.g. documents that contain discrimination followed
anywhere by gender.
