Advanced Keyword Search Tips

Search Tips Examples
Multiple Words When searching multiple words the system will automatically supply the Boolean "and" operator between each word; multiple words entered for the search will all occur somewhere in the retrieved records though not necessarily in the order entered. Both examples on the right will retrieve the same results.

world health organization

world and health and organization
Phrase Searches Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in double quotes will appear together in all results exactly as typed. "world health organization"
Wildcards
* The asterisk ('*') matches up to five non-space characters, starting at the specified position in the word. For example, "inter*" will match "internal" and "internet", but will not match "international". The '*' wildcard may only appear after at least two characters. inter*
environment*
polic*
** Matches any number of non-space characters, starting at the specified position in the word. For example, "inter**" will match all words that begin with "inter" (e.g., "internal", "internet", "international", etc.). Inter**
comp**
Field Limits
Field limits

Field limits may be specified by selecting a field limit from the selection list in the form before the word or phrase to be searched. A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). The following field limits are supported:

Field limit Meaning
Author: Search only author fields
Title: Search only title fields
Author / Title: Search Search both author and title fields
Keyword: Search only keyword fields
LegCo Paper Number: Search only LegCo paper number fields
[Author:] panel on education

[Title:] minutes

[LC#:] cb(1)

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