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<h1><a name="top">Text Search</a></h1>
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<p>Use the form below to search for documents in this web
containing specific words or combinations of words. The text
search engine will display a weighted list of matching documents,
with better matches shown first. Each list item is a link to a
matching document; if the document has a title it will be shown,
otherwise only the document's file name is displayed. A brief <a href="#querylang">explanation</a> of the query language is
available, along with examples.</p>
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<h2><a name="querylang">Query Language</a></h2>
<p>The text search engine allows queries to be formed from
arbitrary Boolean expressions containing the keywords AND, OR,
and NOT, and grouped with parentheses. For example:</p>
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<dt><strong><tt>information retrieval</tt></strong></dt>
<dd>finds documents containing 'information' or
'retrieval'<br>
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</dd>
<dt><strong><tt>information or retrieval</tt></strong></dt>
<dd>same as above<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dt><strong><tt>information and retrieval</tt></strong></dt>
<dd>finds documents containing both 'information' and
'retrieval'<br>
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</dd>
<dt><strong><tt>information not retrieval</tt></strong></dt>
<dd>finds documents containing 'information' but not
'retrieval'<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dt><strong><tt>(information not retrieval) and WAIS</tt></strong></dt>
<dd>finds documents containing 'WAIS', plus 'information'
but not 'retrieval'<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dt><strong><tt>web*</tt></strong></dt>
<dd>finds documents containing words starting with 'web'<br>
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</dd>
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