Examples of simple searches
Example: Search for any of four terms
To search for any of the terms Europe, accounting, report, 2011, select Any of these words as the comparison type and enter this in the text field:
Europe accounting report 2011
Example: Search for any of two wildcarded terms
To search for any terms beginning with prod or doc, select Any of these words as the comparison type and enter this in the text field:
prod* doc*
Each term is wildcarded in order to find objects in which it occurs either as a whole word or as the beginning of a word, such as in product, produces, documents, or documentation.
Example: Search for all of three terms — one wildcarded, two not
To search for both of the terms development and slides and also terms beginning with present, select All of these words as the comparison type and enter this in the text field:
development present* slides
The second term is wildcarded in order to find objects in which it occurs either as a whole word or as the beginning of a word, such as in presentation or presenter.
Example: Search for an exact multiword term
To search for the exact term chief financial officer, select This exact phrase as the comparison type and enter this in the text field:
chief financial officer
Example: Search for all of two terms — one included, one excluded
To search for image but not x-ray, select All of these words as the comparison type and enter this in the text field:
+image -''x-ray''
Example: Search for an exact object name
To search for the object named Q1_2012.pdf, select This exact phrase as the comparison type and enter this in the text field:
Q1_2012.pdf