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Tips for searching text using BookServer |
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Examples and guidelines
The following examples illustrate the different types of search requests you can specify:
- animal
- Search for the existence of the single word animal in any topic.
- my animal farm
- Search for the existence of the phrase my animal farm in any topic.
- my animal farm, dog
- Search for the existence of the phrase my animal farm or the word dog in any same topic,
using a comma to separate one or more words or phrases from each other.
- *dog*
- Search for words that contain the letters dog using the asterisk (*)--the multiple-character
wildcard--to substitute for one or more characters anywhere in a word.
In this example, *dog* would find matches such as doghouse, dogcatcher,
dogma or Reddog if any one of them existed in any topic.
- c?t
- Search for three-letter words that begin with the letter c and end with the letter t using the
question mark (?)--the single-character wildcard--to substitute for a single character anywhere
in a word.
In this example, c?t would cause search to find matches on such words as cat, cot, or cut if
any one of them existed in any topic.
- lion & tigers
- Search for the existence of both the word lion and the word tigers in any same topic.
- cat | dog
- Search for the existence of either the word cat or the word dog in any same topic.
- opossum ! sleep
- Search for the existence of only the word opossum but not the word sleep in
any same topic.
- (cat | dog) ! tigers
- Search for the existence of either the word cat or dog, but not tigers in any same topic using
parentheses--grouping operators--to group together words or phrases to change the order of
precedence of the search.
In this example, a match will occur if either cat exists without tigers or if dog exists without
tigers, in any same topic.
- cat '&' mouse | kitten''s fur
- Search for the phrase cat & mouse or the phrase kitten's fur using single quotes--the AS IS
operator--to prevent special characters from being treated as search operators.
In this example, the ampersand (&) and the apostrophe (') are treated as regular characters.
Exception: When a single-quote (or apostrophe) character is part of a search request, as in
kitten''s fur, it is only necessary to add one single quote to treat it as an apostrophe.
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