The following examples demonstrate some search strings that use boolean full-text operators:
| Search Term | Search Result |
|---|---|
| apple banana | Find rows that contain at least one of the two words. |
| +apple +juice | Find rows that contain both words. |
| +apple macintosh | Find rows that contain the word "apple", but rank rows higher if they also contain "macintosh". |
| +apple -macintosh | Find rows that contain the word "apple" but not "macintosh". |
| +apple ~macintosh | Find rows that contain the word "apple", but if the row also contains the word "macintosh", rate it lower than if row does not. This is "softer" than a search for (+apple -macintosh), for which the presence of "macintosh" causes the row not to be returned at all. |
| +apple +(>turnover <strudel) | Find rows that contain the words "apple" and "turnover", or "apple" and "strudel" (in any order), but rank "apple turnover" higher than "apple strudel". |
| apple* | Find rows that contain words such as "apple", "apples", "applesauce", or "applet". |
| "some words" | Find rows that contain the exact phrase "some words". |
This search engine queries article titles and full content. Some documents have a poor text layer fraught with ocr errors. A Full text search strips all punctuation and eliminates short words of 3 characters or less. You should avoid using hyphens in your search as they will be interpreted as minus signs and remove terms from your result set. The easiest way to reset your search form is to use the Home menu option or the link below. Full text searches will return a score and the results will be sorted by relevancy. Simple filtering using the check boxes will not assign scores. The order of those results is unimportant. You can use additional date filters as needed to change your article subset and/or add search terms.
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