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Query Language
The text search engine allows queries to be formed from arbitrary Boolean expressions
containing the keywords AND, OR, and NOT, and grouped with parentheses. For example:
- information retrieval
- finds documents containing 'information' or 'retrieval'
- information or retrieval
- same as above
- information and retrieval
- finds documents containing both 'information' and 'retrieval'
- information not retrieval
- finds documents containing 'information' but not 'retrieval'
- (information not retrieval) and WAIS
- finds documents containing 'WAIS', plus 'information' but not 'retrieval'
- web*
- finds documents containing words starting with 'web'
Searching the Web
To search the entire World Wide Web, trying using one of the following 'meta' search
sites. These allow you to retrieve listings from multiple search services with only
one inquiry.
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Search for information at the Yahoo!
Internet portal. Try typing 'Digital
Rose' and see what you get!
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