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| Find out how to use the ExplorOz Site Search System |
Look for words with the same prefix. For example, in your query form type simp* to find simple, simpson, simplest, and so on.
Search for all forms of a word. For example, in the form type sink** to find sink, sinking, sank, and sunk.
Search with the keyword AND or NEAR. For example, both of these queries, system and manager and system near manager, look for the words system and manager on the same page. But with NEAR, the returned pages are ranked in order of proximity: The closer together the words are, the higher the rank of that page.
Refine your queries with the AND NOT keywords to exclude certain text from your search. For example, if you want to find all instances of surfing but not the Net, write the following query:
surfing AND NOT the Net
Abbott OR Costello
This query finds all pages that mention Abbott or Costello or both.
Put quotation marks around keywords if you want to
take them literally. For instance, if you type the following query:"Track near Birdsville"
ExplorOz Site Search will literally
look for the complete phrase the track near birdsville. But if you
type the same query without the quotation marks:Track near Birdsville
ExplorOz Site Search
searches all documents for the words track and birdsville.
Use Free Text Queries if you want to enter
queries using natural language. ExplorOz Site Search will examine your query,
extract nouns and noun phrases and construct a query for you. With free text
queries you can enter any text you want, from a proper question, to a string of
words and phrases, without worrying about the query language. For example, if
you type in the following query: "How do I
use the ExplorOz Site Search?"
ExplorOz Site Search will
create a query for you automatically and begin the search. Note that when you're
using free text queries, the regular query language features are disabled and
keywords such as AND, OR, and
NEAR are
interpreted as normal words.