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Search Tips
USE "AND"
"AND" narrows your search. This is the
default when you search for more than one
word. A search for Impacta Floors is the
same as a search for Impacta AND
Floors. When you search for Impacta Floors
or Impacta AND Floors you are saying find
the word Impacta in the same document as the
word Floors. The search engine discards all
results except those that have both terms.
If just one word appears, it will not be
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USE "OR"
"OR" broadens your search. A search for Industrial OR
Construction requires that a document have either of these terms. This is useful
where two different words have similar meanings and are used interchangeably. If
just one word appears in a document, it will be displayed.
USE "NOT"
"NOT" also works exactly as you would expect it to. The word following
NOT must not appear in a document for the search engine to return it.
If you were to search for Woodtrends NOT Floors, you would receive results that
mention Woodtrends without the word Floors in them.
USE Quotation Marks: " "
Enclose specific phrases in quotation marks. This will direct the search engine
to search the database for documents containing that exact phrase. A search for
Impacta Flooring (without quotes) will return any document containing Impacta
and Flooring. If you place quotes around the phrase, your searching for "Impacta
Flooring" Search will only return documents with the terms right next to each
other.
* (the asterisk wildcard)
As the name implies, * can be substituted for any number of letters. This is
particularly useful to include all words with a certain term and any suffix
after it. Simply apply the asterisk to the end of a term and it will return all
documents containing that term, followed by anything. For example: Impacta* will
find Impacta Jumpax or Impacta@ or Impacta Division Etc... |
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