Search Help

Using the search

The advanced search allows the selection of additional criteria to allow a further filtering of matches.

The terms that are found within the search box will be extracted and Stemmed (i.e. A search for Housing will include house, housed etc)

Use the tabbed links to switch between the search locations.

Word Match

This allows you to specify the level of matching used in the search concepts you provide.

Results Per page

his setting controls the number of results per page that are returned.

Date

This allows you specify a time period to only return pages that occur within it.

Find in title only

Find the specified terms in the title of the document only.

Punctuation

There are several special punctuation characters that can be used to enhance the search. These are the + character which may be used to mark individual words and concepts as mandatory. The - charcter may be used to mark individual words or concepts as excluded. The " character is only used in diabling the stemming in single word phrases. All other punctuation is removed
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