Search Methods
Search supports a number of different methods for performing
searches.
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.