Advanced Search
Full-text searching supports a number of options, listed below. You can use a combination of these to specify your search more precisely.
| SAMPLE: | DESCRIPTION: |
| search for these words | To search for one or more words anywhere in the text, type a word or phrase separated by spaces. Words of two characters or less are not used. |
| +search +for these words | To force exact matching of a word, use the plus sign. |
| +search -engine | Use the minus sign if there are particular words you don't want included in the search. |
| "search engine" | To search for a particular phrase, use double quotes around it. |
| user:Kim | To search for text written by a particular user, enter a "user:" prefix (see sample). |
| userid:6 | If you know a person's user id, you can specify it directly in the search (see sample). |
| subject:assessment | To search for a word within the subject or title of a text only, enter a "subject:" prefix (see sample). |
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