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Following is a list of the search operators and brief descriptions of how they will help you build a search.

AND

Searches for stories containing both of the words it separates.

OR

Searches for stories containing either of the words it separates.

NOT

Searches for stories containing the query word preceding it without containing the word following"NOT"

NEAR

NEAR operator. Functions as bi-directional proximity operator if word range (e.g. oil near/3 tanker) is specified. If no word range is specified, functions as bi-directional adjacency operator.

ADJ

Adjacency operator. Searches for stories in which the query word that follows it appears immediately after the word preceding it.

W/n

Proximity operator. Searches for word pairs in which the pair's second term occurs within a specified number of words after the first. Example: amphibian W/5 DNA finds records in which DNA occurs withinfive words after amphibian.

?

Wildcard operator for a single character; matches any one character.

*

Wildcard operator for strings; matches any string. Examples: micro* matches microscope, microcomputer; *late matches relate, translate.

+

Stemming operator; forces a word stem (if search stemming is off). Example: run+ finds run, runs, and running.

#

Exact match operator; forces an exact word match (if search stemming is on). Example: run# finds run, but not runs or running.

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