| Search Help |
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| Introduction |
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Our search mechanism works in a similar way to most online searching tools. If you input your search criteria, our website can find results that match what you are looking for.
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There are three main content areas of the site that can be searched and you should select the appropriate choice from the options beneath the search box. The default is to search publications.
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| Case Sensitivity |
| Our search mechanism is not case sensitive |
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| Multi Word Searches |
| If you type more that one word in your search criteria our search will look for an exact match of the phrase you have input. If you wish to have any of the words you have entered match then please separate your words using a comma. |
| Example | | Search Result |
| low,brass,instrument | | low or brass or instrument |
| low brass instrument | | the phrase, low brass instrument |
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| Stemming |
| Our search will employ stemming to attempt to provide you with relvant mathcing results. This means that words deriving from a common stem will be included in the search |
| Example | | Search Result |
| film | | film, films, filming, or filmed |
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| AND, OR & NOT |
| You can also use the keywords AND, OR & NOT to specify how your search terms should be interpreted. Considering the stemming feature above, examples include: |
| Example | | Search Result |
| filming AND fun | | film, films, filming, or filmed, and fun |
| filming OR fun | | film, films, filming, or filmed, or fun |
| filming NOT fun | | film, films, filming, or filmed, but not fun |
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| Wildcards |
| You can also input part of a word or phrase and combine this with a wild card. |
| Wildcard | | Description |
| ? | | Matches any single alphanumeric character. |
| * | | Matches zero or more alphanumeric characters. Avoid using the asterisk as the first character in a search string. |
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