You can optimize your keyword search with the help of a few operators:
1] Boolean Operators :
AND operator: You can use either "+" or "AND".
If you want results that have both "Artificial" and "Intelligence", you can search with:
Example: +Artificial +Intelligence
Artificial AND Intelligence
OR operator: You can use "OR"
If you want results that have either "Artificial" or "Intelligence, you can search with:
Example: Artificial OR Intelligence
NOT operator: If you want your results to include "Artificial" but NOT include "Intelligence", you can search with:
Example: Artificial -Intelligence
Artificial NOT Intelligence
Valid & Invalid Keyword Searches with Boolean Operators
Valid Keyword Searches | Invalid Keyword Searches |
Artificial +Intelligence | ++Artificial Intelligence |
+Artificial -Intelligence | Artificial --Intelligence |
-Artificial -Intelligence | +-Artificial Intelligence |
+“Artificial Intelligence” -iRobot | +-"Artificial" +Intelligence |
2] Group multiple keywords :
Multiple terms or clauses can be grouped together with parentheses, to form sub-queries.
If you want your results to include the keywords "Blockchain" and "Legal", but not include the keywords "Payments", you can search with:
Example: (Blockchain AND Legal) -Payments
Valid & Invalid Keyword Searches with Boolean Operators
Valid Keyword Searches | Invalid Keyword Searches |
(+Blockchain +Legal) | ((+Blockchain +Legal) |
(+Blockchain +"Law Firms") | (+Blockchain +"Law Firms")) |
Wild Card Search :
You can use * and/or? to specify a pattern to match instead of an exact term.
Wildcard queries allow you to specify a pattern to match instead of an exact term.
' * ' represents any number of characters
' ? ' represents a single character
Make sure:
You don't add a space before ' * ' or?
You don't use more than one ' * ' or ' ? ' in a word
You have at least 1 character before ' * ' or ' ? '
If you search for Self driv* car? you will get results for:
Self-drive car
Self-driven cars
Valid & Invalid Keyword Searches with Wild Card
Valid Keyword Searches | Invalid Keyword Searches |
Self Driv* car? | *elf Driving car |
Self Driv* c?r | Sec* Drive * cars |
S?lf Driv* car | Self Dr* v*n cars |
Self D?iv* car? | Self-Drive ? car |