Table 15 Query expression examples
Query expression | Finds documents with ... | |
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peace OR quiet | Either peace or quiet, or both, in either order. | |
peace quiet |
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peace AND quiet | Both peace and quiet, in either order. | |
peace && quiet |
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peace&&quiet | The single word peace&&quiet. | |
peace or quiet | The three words peace, or, and quiet, in any order. or is a word. The | |
OR operator must be uppercase. | ||
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not quiet | The words not and quiet. The NOT operator must be uppercase. | |
NOT quiet | Illegal. A query cannot be purely negative and must have some positive | |
expression. | ||
peace & quiet | The three words peace, &, and quiet, in any order. & is a word | |
character. The AND operator is implied. | ||
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peace quiet | Both peace and quiet. is a separator. The AND operator is implied. | |
peace AND NOT quiet |
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peace && | The word peace but not quiet. | |
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peace AND quiet OR | Avoid using. Parentheses are needed: peace AND (quiet OR | |
silence | silence). | |
quiet OR silence AND | Avoid using. Parentheses are needed: quiet OR (silence AND | |
peace | peace). | |
pea* | Any word starting with pea such as: pea, peas, peace, or peach. | |
pea*c* | Words such as: peace, peach, or peaches. | |
"peace quiet" | Both peace and quiet, in that order, with no intervening words. | |
Examples: peace quiet or peace $^%+{} quiet. | ||
"peace quiet"~1 | Both peace and quiet, in that order, separated by at most one word. | |
Examples: peace and quiet; peace, now;%^$ quiet; peace quiet; or | ||
| peace george quiet. | |
peace~ | Words similar to peace such as: peaches, piece, place, or plate. | |
(peace quiet) | Both peace and quiet, but not peace followed immediately by quiet. | |
AND | ||
Examples: quiet peace; quiet blue peace; or peace, water, land, quiet. | ||
NOT "peace quiet" |
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