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Simply describe the information that you want. For example, "Internet Tax Freedom Act"
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Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.
Symbol
Meaning
Action
&
AND
Finds only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "internet & act" finds documents with both the word "internet" and the word "act".
|
OR
Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For example, "internet | act" finds documents containing either "internet" or "act". The found documents could contain both, but do not have to.
!
AND NOT
Excludes documents containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "internet ! committee" finds documents containing "internet" but not containing "committee". As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two terms.
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Grouping
Used to group portions of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For example, "internet & [act | pass] ! committee" finds documents containing "internet" and either "act" or "pass but not "committee".
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