Using this Search Engine: The Basics

Here are some tricks and tips to help you find what you're looking for.
Follow the examples below to get the most out of search engines.



 
Plain Query
Searches documents containing word.
For example:  to search for word curriculum, simply type

 

Word List
Searches documents containing few words.
For example: to find all documents containing both curriculum and lessons, type

 

Phrase
Searches for exact match of few words.....
For example: to find all documents that contain word curriculum followed by the word development, type

 

Filter by Site
Allows you to narrow the search to a single site... Allows you to search sites using start or end...
For example, to find all documents containing word curriculum only on www.isbe.net, type

 

Exclude pages containing specified words
Allows you to narrow a search by excluding pages containing specified words or expressions. It is important to put space before the "minus" sign and leave no space after it.
For example: to find all documents containing word curriculum but not containing word provider, type

 

Search by pattern
Allows you to search documents containing words, that match a specified pattern. The character '?' means any character, wherease the character '*' means a sequence of any characters. You should use at least 3 non-pattern characters in the beginning of a pattern.
For example:  to find all documents containing words beginning with provider,   type

 

Logical OR
Allows you to search documents for at least one of the specified words or expressions.
For example: to find all documents containing word provider or providers, type

 

Complex expressions
Allows you to search documents that match specific complex expressions. The expression can be composed using AND OR | boolean operators, subexpressions can be grouped using parenthesis. A subexpression can be another boolean expression or just a word, pattern, or phrase. Only the OR or | operators and parentheses can be used inside phrase.
For example: to find documents containing either phrase "curriculum development" or word provider on sites matching pattern www.isbe.net, type

 


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