To search for a specific word or phrase, enter the exact word or phrase.

You can also use Boolean logic to build complex search conditions. To do so, use the following terms:

AND (Boolean AND)
OR (Boolean OR)
NOT (Boolean NOT)

Examples:

Robert's Rules
This searches for articles containing the words "Robert's Rules". It would not find an article with the word "rules" only.

Robert's AND Rules
This searches for articles containing the words "Robert's" and "Rules". An article would be found if both words appeared separately, i.e., even if not used as the exact phrase "Robert's Rules."

rules NOT Robert's
This search would find only articles having the word "rules," but not the word "Robert's."

rules OR procedures NOT Robert's
This would find only articles having the word rules or procedures, excluding records with the word Robert's.

rules AND procedures AND Robert's
This would find articles containing all three words.

Wildcard Search:

You can use wildcard characters to expand your search.

Asterisks (*) substitute for a string of characters of any length.

Question marks (?) substitute for a particular character.

Examples:

Rob*
This will find all words beginning with the characters "Rob."

Ru??s
This search will find all words beginning with "Ru" and ending with "s" with any two characters in between.