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Search Operators
Symbol Symbol description Example Description
 |  OR Cats | dogs This query will retrieve any documents that contain the word "Cats" or the word "dogs".
 +  AND Cats + dogs This query will retrieve any documents that contain the word "Cats" and the word "dogs".
 -  WITHOUT Cats - dogs This query will retrieve any documents that contain the word "Cats" without the word "dogs".
 ADJ  ADJACENCY Cats ADJ4 dogs This query will retrieve any documents that contain the word "Cats" placed within 4 words of the word "dogs" in this order.
 NEAR  NEAR Cats NEAR6 dogs This query will retrieve any documents that contain the word "Cats" placed within 6 words of the word "dogs".
 >  FREQUENCY Cats >6 This query will retrieve any documents that contain the word "Cats" 6 times or more.
 [ ]  CHOICE Cat[,egory,alogue] This query will retrieve any documents that contain either the word "Cat" or "Category" or "Catalogue".

Wildcards
Symbol Symbol description Example Description
 ?  Replaces one character H?t This query will retrieve any documents that contain the words Hat or Hot or Hit or Hut
 *  Replaces a group of characters B*y This query will retrieve any documents that contain words starting with the letter "B" and ending with the letter "y".
 ""  Interpretes group of words or words with dash symbol "semi-circular" This query will retrieve any documents that contain words inside the quotes.

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