There are two ways to search for information:
- In the search drop-down list on the left panel, if you have "all catalogs" selected, you will search all specific catalogs available when you enter a query.
- If you want to search for information in a specific
catalog, select from the available catalogs in the search drop-down list on
the left panel and then enter your query.
To use this search page, you can look for a single word.
Or, use the tips below to refine your search to find more specific results.
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Look for a phrase.
Example - type budget amendments to find the exact phrase budget amendments. Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent to Budget Amendments.
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Look for two or more words at once by using the AND operator.
Example - type budget AND amendments to find documents that have both the word budget and the word amendments anywhere.
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Look for words that are close to each other by using the NEAR operator instead of the AND operator.
When you use NEAR, the closer together the words are, the higher the rank of the page, so the higher it appears in the list of search results.
Example - type budget NEAR amendments to match documents where the word budget is within 50 words of the word amendments.
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Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator. Note that if you don't use the OR operator and search using multiple words, the words are treated as a phrase.
Example - type car OR automobile to find the word car or the word automobile, but not necessarily both.
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Limit your search by using the AND NOT operator to exclude words.
Example - type
cost
AND NOT accounting to find all instances of cost, as long as cost is not followed by the phrase accounting.
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Use double quotes if you want to use AND, OR, NOT, or NEAR literally.
Example - type "Finance and Accounting" to find documents with the phrase Finance and Accounting. Without the double quotes, this query would use the AND operator instead of the phrase.
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Use a single asterisk (*) to look for words that begin with the same letters.
Example - type
pay
* to find pay, paying, payroll, paycheck, and so on.
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Use a double asterisk (**) to look for all forms of a word.
Example - type drive** to match drive, drove, driven, and driving.