Search Cheat Sheet

Search Type Description Example Exact phrase search To search for content that contains the exact phrase "chalk and cheese" "chalk and cheese" Or Search To search for content that contains one of the terms, "chalk" OR "cheese" chalk OR cheese And Search To search for content that contains both the terms "chalk" AND "cheese" chalk AND cheese Not search To search for content that contains "chalk" but NOT "cheese" chalk NOT cheese Excluded Term search Similar to the NOT search, to search for content that contains "chalk" and "butter" but NOT "cheese" chalk butter -cheese Grouping Search To search for content that MUST contain "chalk" but CAN contain either "cheese" or "butter" (cheese OR butter) AND chalk Title Search To search for content with "chalk" in its title, where title is the field keyword. title:chalk Wild card searches Single character To search for "butter" or "batter" b?tter Wild card searches Multiple characters To search for "chicken" or "chickpea" Wildcards can be used anywhere within a word, except at the very beginning. chick* or c*c* c*c? Proximity searches This search ensure that the two words specified must be within a certain number of words of each other to be included. "octagon post"~1 will return "Octagon blog post" Range search Searches for names that fall alphabetically within the specifed range. [adam to ben] Fuzzy search This search looks for words spelled similarly. To search for octagon, if unsure about spelling: octogan~ will correctly return "octagon" Combined search You can also combine various search terms together o?tag* AND past~ AND ("blog" AND "post")