How to Search
Full-text searching supports a number of options, listed below. You can combine these to specify your search more precisely.
| search for these words | For basic searching of one or more words anywhere in the texts, just type them separated by spaces. All words longer than two characters are used. |
| +search +for these words | The previous example would also match "information" because it contains "for". To force exact matching of a word, use the plus sign. |
| +search -engine | Use the minus sign if there are particular exact words you don't want included in the search. |
| "search engine" | To search for a particular phrase, use double quotes around it. |
| user:Kim | To search for texts by a particular user, prefix a word from their name with "user:". |
| userid:6 | If you know the user id of a particular user, you can search for them like this. |
| subject:assessment | To search for a word within the subject or title of a text only, prefix the word with "subject:". |
For advanced searching, press the search button without typing anything in the words field - you will see a complete form that makes it easier to do advanced searches.
Discaimer: This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. The presentation reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.