Help and FAQs

Tips for using the Beta search

PHRASE: 

• use “ ”
• any result which matches that exact phrase
• e.g. "dover castle" – would match results with the phrase [dover castle]

OR:

• use |
• any results which match either word
• e.g. dover | castle – would match results which contain [dover] OR [castle]

NOT:

• use –
• any results which do not contain that word
• e.g. -castle – would exclude results which contain the word [castle]

PREFIX:

• use *
• any results which start or end with a term
• e.g. moor* - would match moorland, moore, moorcourt etc

AND (default):

• use +
• any result which has a match for both words
• e.g. dover +castle – would match results with both [dover] AND [castle]
• NOTE: the search uses AND as a default, so writing [dover castle] is the same as writing [dover +castle]

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