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Using Keyword Search |
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The simplest search is just to type in a single word you are looking for, like heart, click on the Search button and see how many Learning Objectives are matched.
If a single word search produces too many Learning Objectives, or does not find what you want, there are more ways to expand, limit, or focus your search.
To search for a phrase, type that phrase surrounded by quotation marks, like this: "risk factors".
Using Search Operators
Another way to limit the results is to search for two or more words, each of which must be present. Connect as many words as you want with AND, like this: heart AND disease.
If you know that more than one word might describe what you are looking for, you can expand the results by using the word OR, like this: heart OR cardiovascular
There are other connector words (operators) you can use to improve your searches. For example, you can use NOT to eliminate pages that include a certain word, like this: NOT disease
You can search for one word but NOT another, like this: gender NOT sex
You can combine word and phrase searches, like: disease AND "gender differences"
Use parentheses to make sure related words are considered as a unit and in the right order.
You can use the * or ? as wildcards, like this: wom?n or cardio*.
Important Things to Know
Searches are case-insensitive.
A simple search searches for words that derive from those entered in the query expression, so that entering find will return documents that contain "find," "finding," "finds," etc.
If you enter a word surrounded by quotation marks, "find", the search engine interprets the word as a literal and will not search for the expanded list of derived words.
This site uses ColdFusion's Verity search function.
