Standard Searching
Simply enter a word or phrase in the box above and press the "Arrow"
button to the right of the input field.
If you would prefer to be more specific, the "advanced" functions
are explained below.
Advanced Searching Options
Wildcard Technique
Wildcard searches can be used to search for parts of words. For example, you
may want to find words that begin with "cat" (cat*), words that
end with "ing" (*ing) or perhaps words containing "sept"
(*sept*).
Examples:
sub* will return sub, submarine, subsurface, et cetera
*ing will match drilling, imaging, drawing, et cetera
*sept* will match September, aseptic, antiseptic, et cetera
Multiple Words and Phrases:
To search for phrases which may exist together (eg. Index Server) you must surround
the query with speech marks ("index server").
Examples:
Index server will return documents containing the words index
and server regardless of position or order on the page.
"index server" will return documents containing
the phrase index server where these two words are together and server follows
index.
The "OR" operator:
The default "Boolean" operator for searches is "AND".
Where a search is submitted containing multiple words or phrases this will return
documents that contain all the words or phrases. If you would prefer to use the "OR"
operator, simply use "OR" between your keywords or phrases.
Examples:
Index server will return documents containing Index and simon.
Index OR server will return documents containing either index
or simon.
