General:

• The search results will contain all keywords entered.
• All keywords are matched to the search text in a case insensitive manner.
• Each keyword is treated as a complete word when matched to the search text. If the keyword is a partial word or you want to match multiple spellings, use the wild-card characters listed below.
• Multiple words enclosed in double quotes are treated as a phrase. (Wild-card characters can be used within a phrase.)

Wild-card characters:

*

Asterisk matches one or more characters up to the next space

?

Question mark matches any single character except a space

#

Hash mark (or pound sign) matches any single digit.

[n-n]

A number dash number in square brackets, specifies a range allowable digits for a single digit. For example, to search for the years 1800-1850, enter 18[0-5]0

[c-c]

A character dash character in square brackets, specifies a range of allowable characters for a single character.

Word/phrase descriptors:

-

A minus sign at the beginning of a word or phrase excludes pages that contain that word or phrase

{P}

A 'P' in curly braces (anywhere in the keyword list) requires the search words to exist within the same paragraph