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Note this search engine uses a process that works best with "natural English" rather than boolean construction. Try searching for the phrase you are interested in first. If you wish to use boolean construction, the multi-term operators (default: OR) are:

Symbol

Meaning

& AND

| OR

! AND NOT

[ ] Grouping

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Search Methods

WebSTAR Search supports a number of different methods for performing searches. For a multi-word search, the default is similar to a boolean operation using implicit "or" operators. To use other operators, see the table below.

Description Search

Simply describe the information that you want. For example, "Web server performance enhancements."

Question Search

Ask a question that you want answered. For example, "How do I increase the performance of my Web server?"

Keyword Search

List important keywords relevant to your search topic. For example, "enhance improve performance server web"

Boolean Keyword Search

Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.

Symbol

Meaning

Action

& AND Finds only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "performance & server" finds documents with both the word "performance" and the word "server".

| OR Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For example, "performance | server" finds documents containing either "performance" or "server". The found documents could contain both, but do not have to.

! AND NOT Excludes documents containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "performance ! server" finds documents containing "performance" but not containing "server". As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two terms.

[ ] Grouping Used to group portions of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For example, "performance & [improve | increase] ! Microsoft" finds documents containing "performance" and either "improve" or "increase but not "Microsoft".

Similar Document Search

After you perform an initial search, every matching document description will contain a "More like this" link that allows you to automatically search for similar documents.

Symbol	Meaning	Action
&	AND	Finds only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "performance & server" finds documents with both the word "performance" and the word "server".
\|	OR	Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For example, "performance \| server" finds documents containing either "performance" or "server". The found documents could contain both, but do not have to.
!	AND NOT	Excludes documents containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "performance ! server" finds documents containing "performance" but not containing "server". As with the & and \| operators, ! must appear between two terms.
[ ]	Grouping	Used to group portions of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For example, "performance & [improve \| increase] ! Microsoft" finds documents containing "performance" and either "improve" or "increase but not "Microsoft".