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ap*ed
would match applied, approved, etc.
Exact Match vs. “Stemming”
Stemming extends a match to cover grammatical variations of a word. For example,
fish
would match “fish”, “fishes” and “fishing”.
applied
would match “applied”, “applying”, “applies”, and “apply”.
To enable stemming, check ‘Variation of word endings’ in the Find Matches section of the
Search Preferences page.
To disable stemming, check ‘Exact word’ in the Find Matches section of the Search Preferences
page. If stemming is disabled, only matches of the exact word will be returned.
and Operator
The and operator between two terms requires that both terms be found in any document retrieved.
For example:
(apple or banana) and (pear near grape)
would retrieve any document that
(1) contained either “apple” or “banana”, and
(2) contained “pear” near “grape” (within 5 words).
or Operator
The or operator between two terms requires that at least one
of the terms be found in any
document retrieved. For example:
apple or pear
would retrieve any document that contained “apple”, “pear”, or both.
not Operator
The not operator in front of any search term reverses its meaning. This allows you to exclude
documents from a search. Example:
apple and not pear
would retrieve documents containing “apple” as long as the document did not also contain
“pear”.
not pear
would retrieve all documents that did not
contain “pear”.
If not is not the first operator in a query, you need to use and or or with not:
apple or not pear
would retrieve all documents that contained “apple” and any document that did not contain
“pear”
near Operator
The near operator between two search terms requires that the first term be found within 5 words
of the second term. For example:
apple near pear
would retrieve any document that found “apple” within 5 words of “pear”.
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