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TIP: Keep it simple! Use just a single word/phrase if you can. Only enter key words instead of phrases or sentences. Leave out irrelevant words, such as "the", "is", "in", "with", "of". In fact, most of the time, don't enter the word "water" in your search! For example, instead of pictures of water, just use picture.

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ALL
option		 The ALL option finds pages that contain all of the words you typed in. If a page does not contain every word in your search list, then it will not be in the results.
  • Entering water quality will find pages that contain both the words water AND quality on it.
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    ANY
    option    		 The ANY option finds pages that contain any one of the words you typed in. This may not be what you want, since it will probably return too many pages.
  • Entering water quality will find any page that has the word water OR quality on it. Since every page has the word water on it, all pages will be returned!
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    EXACT
    PHRASE
    option    		 The EXACT PHRASE option finds pages that contain the in. If a page does not contain every word in your search list, then it will not be in the results.
  • Entering water quality in Georgia finds those pages that contain the exact phrase water quality in Georgia.
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    MUST/
    MUST NOT
    (+ -)
    option    		 The MUST/MUST NOT (+ -) option is a powerful way to find what you want. Enter your search term(s) (single words are better) preceded by a + and/or - sign. Terms preceded by a + must be found in a page, and any page containing a term preceded by a - sign will not show up in the results. I suggest you enclose the term (not the + or -) in quotes.
  • For example, +"acid rain" +"Europe" will find pages where acid rain and Europe appear on the same page.
  • +"acid rain" -"Europe" will find pages that contain acid rain, but it will exclude pages that contain Europe.
  • +"acid rain" +"tree" will find pages about acid rain, but only those pages that discuss trees, too.

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