Modifiers
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Examples
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| Connectors |
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And is automatically added between all words. To search for a
phrase use quotation marks.
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alcatraz prisoners
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Or specifies multiple words in any field.
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longshoremen or stevedores or dock workers
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And not omits specific words.
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fleishhacker and not pool
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| Adjacency |
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Word order matters. Words within quotation marks are searched as a phrase.
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"Joe Di Maggio"
"Crystal Palace Market"
"Negative 123"
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| Truncation |
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Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk.
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High School*
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Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters.
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Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.
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Ben** Bufano
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| Proximity |
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Near searches words close to each other, in any order.
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golden gate bridge near construction
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Within # searches words which occur within a certain number of
words of each other.
Before and after search words in a particular order.
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(golden gate park) within 5 (aerial view)
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When proximity operators are contained in the search phrase, use
quotation marks around the phrase.
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"after earthquake"
"before fire"
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