Searches produce a list of files that contain the word or phrase no matter where they appear in the text. This list gives the rules for formulating queries:

• Consecutive words are treated as a phrase; they must appear in the same order within a matching document.
        [Example: refugee resettlement]
  
  
• To search for a series of words that are not in a phrase, insert AND or OR between the words.
        [Example: refugee AND resettlement]
  
  
• To exclude a word, insert NOT before it.
        [Example: refugee NOT resettlement]
  
  
• To look for words in close proximity, insert NEAR.
        [Example: refugee NEAR resettlement]
  
  
• To search for words that start the same, but have different endings, use an asterisk (*).
        [Example: resettl* will serach for resettle, resettles,
        resettled, resettling and resettlement.]
  
  
• Queries are not case-sensitive, so you can type your query in uppercase or lowercase.
  
  
• Common words such as a, an, and, as are ignored during a search. If these are part of a phrase, they will be treated as placeholders. For example, if you searched for "Word for Windows," the results could give you "Word for Windows" and "Word and Windows."
  
  
• Punctuation marks are ignored during a search.

Click here for a more detailed explanation of the query language including advanced options.