The EN Online search engine uses most of the standard search techniques. Some of the most common that you might be interested in using are...
Search for exact phrases using quotation marks (" ") Typing "apple" or "sun" will find items with those exact words in sequence.
Use the minus sign (-) to narrow your search
If you enter network -phone, that tells the search engine to include the word network but not phone. Don't forget - there's no space after the sign (e.g. -network, -phone).
Use a wildcard (*) for multiple endings
By typing an * (asterisk symbol) at the end of a word, you can search for items with multiple endings. For example: Microsoft W* would return items such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, etc.
Search Command Chart
Here is a summary of the advanced search commands available to you:
To search for:
Use the Command:
Example:
One word AND another
Use space between words
recycling laws Returns articles with the words recyclingandlaws in the story
One word OR another
(word 1,word 2) Attention: No spaces after the comma!
(state,international)
Returns all articless with the words stateorinternational in the story
One word BUT NOT another
-NotWord
(minus symbol) Notice: No spaces after the minus sign!
recycling -paper
Returns items containing the word recycling and will exclude all items containing the word paper in the story
