Search Instructions

The Search Phrase, above, ignores common English words and punctuation. Additionally, it supports the following operators:

• + or spaces between terms combines them with AND, e.g. both are required
• | between terms combines the terms with OR, e.g. only one is required
• - preceeding a term removes documents containing that term from the results
• " surrounds a number of terms to signify a phrase for searching
• * at the end of a term signifies wildcard search
• Use ( and ) around terms to change precedence, e.g. toast ( jelly | jam ) means to search for "toast" with "jelly or jam" in the text. Without parentheses, the search would be to find documents with "toast and jelly" or "jam" by itself.
• ~N ('N' is a number) after a term signifies distance from other terms in the query
• ~N ('N' is a number) after a phrase signifies how much the phrase can be re-arranged or spread out

To use one of the characters above literally, escape it with a preceding backslash "\".

The "Must Include" and "Must Not Include" ffields search precise, space-separated terms in the text in a case insensitive manner with punctuation. This means that "pl 1997," will match histories, but "PL 1997" will not, as the comma is missing from the search term.

Use the "Title" and "Section" fields to limit results to matching title and section numbers.

• Sort by Score: If checked, results are sorted by relevance to the search criteria, not Title and Section.
• Separate Paragraphs: Check to show each result paragraph from the same title and section individually.
• List All: Check to list all the results in one page, suitable for printing.
• Page Size: Sets the number of results per page, 10 - 2000 is allowed.