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Search Rules
Basic Search Principles and Rules:
For simple searches, it is easiest to type a few words conforming to
the principles and rules listed below:
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Spaces: When you separate
multiple words with spaces, the spaces are interpreted as an AND operator
as explained below. In other words, entering New York City has
the same effect as entering New AND York AND City.
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AND operator: When you enter words separated
by the word "AND," a document will only be found if all of the words
you specified are contained somewhere in its index entry. For example,
if you enter New AND York AND City as your search criteria, you
will find "New York City Subways," "City Subways of New York," and "City
of York's New Plaza."
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Commas: When you enter words
separated by commas (or commas plus spaces),
a document will only be found if all of the words you specified
are contained somewhere in its index entry. (In technical terms,
commas are treated as Boolean AND operators.)
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Search phrases: When
you type multiple words, you create a search
phrase. A document will only be found if all of those words
in that exact sequence are contained somewhere in its index entry.
For example, if you enter the phrase "New York City" as your search
criteria, you will find "New York City Subways," but not "City Subways
of New York."
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Partial words: You can search for combinations
of letters, numbers, and common characters regardless of whether or not
they form a full, correctly spelled word.
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Reserved words: When entered in the search
box, the words:
are treated as special reserved words that FMS search engine
interprets as operators that tell it how it should conduct the search rather
than words to be searched for. This is true no matter how they are capitalized,
not, Not, and NOT are all treated the same. If you
want to include one of these reserved words in your search you must use Exact
Search. For example, the search query "truth
or consequences" treats the word or as part of the phrase you
are searching for rather than instructing the server to search for either
the word truth or the word consequences.
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Reserved characters: When entered in the
search box, the characters:
are treated as special reserved characters that FMS search engine interprets as instructions about how it should conduct the search
rather than words to be searched for.
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Capitalization: Capitalization does not count
in a search. You can enter all Upper or lower case letters
in the search box and the FMS search engine will find all documents matching
your criteria regardless of whether or not the letters in the document are
capitalized. If there is any mixed case,
the only matches returned will be those with the same case.
For more complex searches, use:
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