Type a description, a question, or important keywords in the text box, click on the Search button, and you'll quickly receive a list of hyperlinks that may lead to what you're seeking. Boolean operators may also be used.
A number of different methods for performing searches are available.
Simply describe the information that you want. For example, "educator course in the Yukon"
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Ask a question that you want answered. For example, "What educator courses do you offer in the Yukon?"
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List important keywords relevant to your search topic. For example, "educator Yukon"
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Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.
| Symbol |
Meaning |
Action |
| & |
AND |
Finds only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "educator & Yukon" finds documents with both the word "educator" and the word "Yukon". |
| | |
OR |
Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For example, "educator | Yukon" finds documents containing either "educator" or "Yukon". The found documents could contain both, but do not have to. |
| ! |
AND
NOT |
Excludes documents containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "educator ! Yukon" finds documents containing "educator" but not containing "Yukon". As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two terms. |
| [ ] |
Grouping |
Used to group portions of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For example, "educator & [Yukon | Alaska] ! mountain" finds documents containing "educator" and either "Yukon" or "Alaska" but not "mountain". |
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After you perform an initial search, every matching document description will contain a "More like this" link that allows you to automatically search for similar documents.
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