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Mozart OR Beethoven
This search will return results which contain either the name "Mozart" or the name "Beethoven" anywhere in the text.

cinema AND (China OR Taiwan)
This search will return results which contain the words "cinema" and "China" or which contain the words "cinema" and "Taiwan" anywhere in the text.

"set dancing" NOT (contra OR country)
This search will return results which contain the phrase "set dancing" but do not contain the words "contra" or "country" anywhere in the text.

• " " (double quotes)
  To focus your search on an exact phrase, enter the phrase in double quotes:
  
  "The Name of the Rose"
  This search would return results which contain the entire phrase "the name of the rose"



• + (plus sign)
  If you require that some words or phrases appear in your search results but not necessarily others, use a + sign before that word or phrase that you must have. Any words that are not preceded by a symbol will be considered "may have" terms, which means they may appear in the page, but they are not required to appear:
  
  +Scotland +Orkneys Skye
  This search would return results which contain the terms "Scotland" and "Orkneys" but which may or may not contain the term "Skye". Pages which do contain "Skye" would appear higher in the results list than pages which do not.



• - (minus sign)
  If certain terms must not appear in your results, eliminate pages containing those words or phrases by placing a - sign before the word or phrase. Any term that is not preceded by a symbol will be considered a "may have" term, as above:
  
  +bond -James stock
  This search would return pages which contain the word "bond" but not the word "James". Pages may also contain the word "stock" but it is not a required term. As with the example above, pages which did contain the word "stock" would appear higher in the results list than pages which do not.



• * (asterisk)
  To search for variants of a word root, use a * symbol to replace a series of letters:
  
  theolog*
  This search would return all pages which contain variants on the root "theolog," including "theology," "theological," "theologia"



• % (percent sign)
  If you wish to replace a single letter in a word, use the % sign. This is useful for words that have different regional spellings, or which are commonly misspelled:
  
  gene%logy
  This search would return pages containing the words "genealogy" and "geneology" (a common misspelling)
  
  critici%e
  This search would return pages containing the words "criticize" (American spelling) and "criticise" (British spelling)

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