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To find results with all of the words |
use AND between all the words |
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with the exact phrase |
use quotation marks around the phrase |
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with variations of a word |
use the asterisk after the stem of the word |
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with words near other words |
use NEAR between your search terms |
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with all instances of either |
use OR between your search terms If you do not put anything between your search terms, the search engine will assume that you want all instances of either one word or another. Example: job career |
Stars and results |
Your search results will display in ranked order with five stars at the left of the records found. The number of yellow coloured stars indicates how closely each result matches the search you entered. In addition, the results will display in descending order, with the best matches at the top. The search engine compares your search terms with the records stored in the web site database. It scores the records by how closely they match the terms you entered, the closer the match, the higher the score. Search results are weighted by how closely your search terms match the following:
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