Search operators are divided into basic operators and advanced operators.
* Basic operators are operators setting logical relationships between search words which include AND, OR, and NOT.
Expression of Basic Operators
Expression of Basic Operators
| Search operator |
Example |
| AND operator [&], [ ] |
Search & Business or Search Business |
| OR operator [|] |
Search | Business |
| NOT operator [!] |
Search ! Business |
- Search & Business: Search all the results containing both keywords of “search” and “business”.
- Search | Business: Search the results containing either “search” or “business”. Broader search results can be obtained.
- Search ! Business: Search the results containing “search” but not “business”. This NOT operator is very useful tool to exclude unwanted documents with a specific word.
* An advanced operator is a search operator for getting more accurate results through setting a more detailed search area. Proximity searches, wild searches, and expansion of similar word searches are examples of advanced operators.
Expressions of Advanced Operators
Expressions of Advanced Operators
| Search Operator |
Examples |
| Expansion of Similar Word[@] |
magazine@ |
- Broader search results can be obtained by searching through an expansion of similar words with a similar word dictionary of the search engine. The search results with “Magazine#” will provide the same results of “magazine l journal l newspaper ”
