| Operator |
Example |
What It Does |
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and
|
fall and protection |
Returns only records that include both terms. Using 'And' ranks the search results according to proximity. The closer the words appear together, the higher the ranking.
|
| plus sign (+) |
occupational+health |
Your search results will include pages with references to occupational health. |
| quotation marks ("") |
"fall protection" |
The query will only list results where this exact combination of keywords appears. |
| or |
law or legislation |
Your search results will include records with only law, only legislation, and both law and legislation. |
| commas (,) |
law, legislation |
The query will list results where law and/or legislation appears. |
| not |
fall not protection |
Searches for the first keyword and excludes results that contain both words. |
| single asterisk (*) |
electric* |
Identifies text that includes words beginning with the same prefix, e.g. electrical, electrician, etc. |
| double asterisk (**) |
sink** |
Identifies all forms of the keyword you want to find, e.g. sinking, sank, sunk, etc. |
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