How to Search
A Crash Course in Searching with Entireweb
- Input terms to specify that result pages contain
all of these terms.
Example: los angeles shops
- Use quotations to specify a phrase. Entireweb returns
results which exactly match the given phrase.
Example: "John F Kennedy"
- You can also use a "-" sign before a term
to specify that a result page must not contain the
term.
Example: apple -computer will return pages that must contain the word "apple" and do not contain the word "computer."
- Be specific
Example: If you are looking for the a map for Paris France, type in map paris france not maps France
Example: If you are looking for a specific car model, type in volvo cars rather than cars - Different word stems or endings can lead to different
results. Try all endings.
Example: dog will get different results than dogs
Example: running a marathon will get different results than run a marathon - Check your spelling. Entireweb looks for exactly what you type in.
- Entireweb searches are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for george washington, George Washington, and gEoRgE wAsHiNgToN will all return the same results.
Advanced Search Syntax
- Entireweb supports full Boolean expressions for advanced search queries. For example,
if you were to search for dog cat, Entireweb would return pages containing both the words
dog and cat. On the other hand, writing dog or cat would yield pages containing either or both of
the words.
The word or is thus interpreted by Entireweb to mean "either or both of the words". The word and (as in dog and cat) on the other hand tells Entireweb to look for documents matching both words. Since this is the default behavior, and may be left out. - The and and or operators may be combined with phrase searching and the - operator.
You may also want to use parentheses to alter the order of interpretation. The following examples explain these concepts.
Example: travel and (france or italy) will return pages containing the word "travel" and either or both of the words "france" and "italy". Note that you may omit and in this query. This query would typically yield pages with information on travelling to France or Italy or both.
Example: travel and france or italy will yield different results from the previous example, namely documents that contains the words "travel" and "france" OR the word "italy" OR all three of the words. This means you would find pages about travelling to France and pages about Italy in general, and pages that are both about Italy in general and about travelling to France.
Example: (cars -volvo) or (motorcycles -"harley davidson") would render car information that makes no reference to volvo and motorcycle information making no reference to the phrase "harley davidson".
- By including the host: operator you may constrain your search to just one host machine.
Example: contact host:www.entireweb.com looks for contact information on the host www.entireweb.com.
From the Advanced Search page, you have access to several other useful search functions, such as searching only pages from a particular region or in a particular language.
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