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To get more specific search results, try using the following
tips:
Check spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly.
Use multiple words
Use multiple words when performing your search. The search
results will return more refined results from several words
than from a single word. For example, typingWillamette River
will return more relevant results than typing only Willamette.
(Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even if they
don't contain all query terms.)
Use similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant
results you will get back.
Use appropriate capitalization
Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case.
For example, typing hoover will return all documents
containing the words hoover, Hoover, and HOOVER.
However, typing Hoover will only search for pages about
Hoover.
Use quotation marks
Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent
to each other.
Use plus (+) or minus (-)
Use a plus sign when your search term or phrase must appear
in the search results. Use a minus sign to indicate undesirable
term(s). The plus sign tells the search engine that a certain
word or phrase is required in the search results, and a minus
sign indicates that a word or phrase must be absent in the
search results.
Note: A phrase must be contained within quotation marks. Leave
no spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term.
Use field searches
Field searches allow you to create specific searches for words
that appear in a specific part of a document. A field search
can be performed on body text (body:), title text (title:),
alt text (alt:), meta description (desc:), meta key words
(keys:) or URL (url:). The field name should be in lowercase
and immediately followed by a colon. There should be no spaces
between the colon and the search term.
Note: The field searches can only be followed by a word or
phrase. Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.
Use wildcards
Wildcard searches can expand the number of matches for a particular
request. The * character is used as the wildcard character.
For instance, searching for wh* will find the words
what, why, when, whether, and
any other word that starts with wh. Searching for *her*
will find the words here, whether, together,
gathering, and any other word that contains her
anywhere in the word.
Wildcards may be combined with the standard plus (+) and minus
(-) modifiers, quotes for phrases, as well as the field search
specifiers.
+wh* -se*ch will find all pages which have a word
that starts with wh and which does not contain a word
that starts with se and ends with ch.
"wh* are" will find the phrases where are,
what are, why are, etc.
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