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Index Server has a comprehensive search syntax.
All queries ignore upper/lowercase.
Some useful options (see examples below):
- Phrase: Multiple words are normally treated as an exact phrase (use
and between words to avoid this). To be sure, in
complex queries, phrases to keep together should be quoted.
- Wildcard: use the * to match any characters.
- Stem: use ** to match words with the same stem.
- Boolean: use any of And Or Not Near
(abbreviated & | ! ~).
- Stop Words: a, an, and, as, and
other common words are ignored.
- Parentheses can make search order and grouping explicit.
- Use a free-text query to return search combinations for a longer
phrase. To force a free-text query, start the query with $contents
Examples:
| Feature |
Search Input |
Matches |
| Phrase |
Dunn Center |
Pages with the exact phrase |
| Wildcard |
fl* |
fly, flair |
| Stem |
try** |
trying, tried |
| Boolean |
Dunn and Powers |
pages with both terms |
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Dunn or Powers |
pages with either term |
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Dunn and not Powers |
Pages with Dunn but not Powers |
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Dunn near Powers |
Pages with the two terms close to each other |
| Free Text |
$contents who is the curator of the mims gallery |
Performs searches combining the major words in several different ways. |
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