To find exact words as a unit type
quotation marks around them.
For example, "interim permit" will find documents
with this phrase. Without the quotations the search engine will
look for all documents with either interim or permit.
To find terms that are associated
use the word NEAR rather than AND.
For example, the term graduating near nurses will return pages
ranked in order of the proximity of the words to each other.
The closer together the words are the higher they will rank
on the page. Typing and instead of near will return the same
pages but without the ranking.
To exclude certain words from
your search use the keywords AND NOT.
For example, if you want to find all instances of the term
abuse, but not substance abuse, write the query as: abuse
and not substance.
Add the keyword OR to find all
instances of one word or another.
For example, vision or values will find all pages with either
word or both.
To find all forms of a word type
two asterisks after the root of the word.
For example, decision** will return decision, decisions and
decision-making.
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