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The tips in this section will help you to use the new search tool to its fullest potential and to obtain the best search results possible. You may select one of the following topics for additional information:</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Table of contents</strong> </div> </div> <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked"> <li><a href="#def">Default search behaviour</a></li> <li><a href="#bas">Basic search</a></li> <li><a href="#adv">Advanced search</a></li> <li><a href="#uao">Using advanced search operators in the basic search form</a> <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked"> <li><a href="#exa">Exact phrase matching</a></li> <li><a href="#wil">Wildcard</a></li> <li><a href="#boo">Boolean search</a></li> <li><a href="#rsp">Restrict search to page, site or domain</a></li> <li><a href="#rsf">Restrict search to file format</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <section> <h2 id="def">Default search behavior</h2> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>The following apply to all searches:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item">Search terms separated by spaces will give results that match all the terms in the query.</li> <li class="list-group-item">Searches are not case sensitive.</li> <li class="list-group-item">Other than those used for advanced searches, punctuation and special characters are ignored.</li> <li class="list-group-item">Common words like "the," "a," and "for," are usually ignored.</li> <li class="list-group-item">The search engine may perform word stemming in some instances to provide better results. For example: A search for the word <em>paint</em> will return search results containing the words <em>paints</em>, <em>painter</em>, <em>painted</em>.</li> <li class="list-group-item">When typing in the search field, the autocomplete feature will dynamically produce a list of search options.</li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <h2 id="bas">Basic search</h2> <p>Select the search language from the toolbar at the top of the page. The basic search form and search results will appear in the language selected.</p> <p>Enter a keyword, the name of a thing, place, or topic, in the basic search box.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><em>service Canada locations</em></li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>revenue Canada</em></li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>prime minister</em></li> </ul> </div> <p>To narrow search results, or if you don't get the desired results, you can add additional related words.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>First try:</strong> <em>Canada</em></li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>More precise:</strong> <em>Canada jobs</em></li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>Even more precise:</strong> <em>Canada government jobs</em></li> </ul> </div> <p>Use only the important words rather than a full sentence or question.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>Poor:</strong> <em>What is the refugee policy for Canada?</em></li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>Better:</strong> <em>refugee policy Canada</em></li> </ul> </div> <p>To narrow down your search results, you can use either the <a href="#adv">Advanced search</a> page or the <a href="#uao">Advanced search operators in the basic search form</a>.</p> </section> <section> <h2 id="adv">Advanced search</h2> <p>From the basic search page, select the advanced search link. Results will be given in the language selected.</p> <p><strong>All these words:</strong> Enter all of the words that you want to search in the text box.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item">A search for <em>income tax form</em> will give search results containing all of the words <em>income</em>, <em>tax</em> and <em>form</em>.</li> </ul> </div> <p><strong>Exact word or phrase:</strong> Enter a word or exact phrase in the text box. Results will contain all words in the phrase together, located one after the other, exactly as entered.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><em>income tax form</em> will only give search results containing <em>income tax forms</em> together as a phrase.</li> </ul> </div> <p><strong>Any of these words:</strong> Enter keywords in the text box.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item">A search for <em>income tax form</em> will give search results containing any or all of the words <em>income</em> or <em>tax</em>, or <em>form</em>.</li> </ul> </div> <p><strong>None of these words:</strong> Enter any words to be excluded from the search results in the text box.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><em>form</em> will exclude possible results containing the word <em>form</em> from the search.</li> </ul> </div> <p><strong>Last update:</strong> Select a timeframe to find pages updated within the specified time.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><em>Anytime</em> gives search results of pages updated at any time.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>Past 24 hours</em> gives search results of pages updated within the last 24 hours.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>Past week</em> gives search results of pages updated within the last week.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>Past month</em> gives search results of pages updated within the last month.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>Past year</em> gives search results of pages updated within the last year.</li> </ul> </div> <p><strong>Site or domain:</strong> Enter a parameter in the site or domain text box. To limit your search to a particular department or agency, enter the <abbr title="uniform resource locator">URL</abbr> for that particular institution.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><em>www.canada.ca</em> limits the search to all the pages in the site <em>www.canada.ca</em>.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>www.canada.ca/en/health</em> limits the search to all the pages in the <em>health</em> directory.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>www.canada.ca/en/index.html</em> limits the search to the specific page <em>index.html</em>.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>.ca</em> limits the search to all pages in the <em>.ca</em> domain.</li> </ul> </div> <p><strong>Terms appearing:</strong> Select the part of the document to restrict the search to from the <strong>terms appearing</strong> drop down list box.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><em>Anywhere in the page</em> doesn't restrict the search to parts of the document.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>In the title of the page</em> limits the search to just the title part of the document.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>In the <abbr title="uniform resource locator">URL</abbr> of the page</em> limits the search to just the <abbr title="uniform resource locator">URL</abbr> of the document.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><em>In the body of the page</em> limits the search to just the body of the page.</li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <h2 id="uao">Using advanced search operators in the basic search form</h2> <h3 id="exa">Exact phrase matching</h3> <p>Use quotation marks to obtain search results for an exact term or phrase.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>"registered savings plan"</strong> returns search results containing the phrase <em>registered savings plan</em>.</li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="wil">Wildcards</h3> <p>Use the asterisk (*) and the question mark (?) as a substitute for a range of possible words, or letters.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>"canada * websites"</strong> gives search results containing <em>canada heritage websites</em>, <em>canada national monument websites</em>, etc.</li> <li class="list-group-item">"gr?y" gives search results such as gray and grey.</li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="boo">Boolean search</h3> <p>A Boolean search allows the use of logical expressions to search for information.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>The following Boolean operators are available:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>AND:</strong> Results contain both keywords.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>OR:</strong> Results contain at least one of the keywords.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>NOT:</strong> Results will not contain this keyword. This operator applies only to the keyword to the right of the "NOT".</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>Brackets:</strong> Keywords inside the brackets () are searched for first, followed by those outside of the brackets.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>NEAR:</strong> When two terms (words, numbers, etc.) are joined by the NEAR operator, there shouldn鈥檛 be more than a certain number of terms between these terms in the results. You can specify the maximum number of terms to allow between your two terms using the NEAR operator format. </li> </ul> </div> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>Canada . hockey</strong> gives search results containing <em>Canada</em> and <em>hockey</em>.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>federal | provincial</strong> gives search results containing <em>federal</em>, <em>provincial</em>, or <em>both</em>.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>-pension</strong> gives search results that do <strong>not contain</strong> <em>pension</em>.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>(Canada | hockey) . (goal | summit)</strong> evaluates the expression <em>canada</em> <strong>or</strong> <em>hockey</em> first, then <em>goal</em> <strong>or</strong> <em>summit</em> and finds results common to both expressions.</li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="rsp">Restrict search to page, site or domain</h3> <p>The syntax <strong>@uri="target_domain"</strong> restricts a search to a single subdomain, site, page, or parts of a site.</p> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <strong>Example:</strong> </div> <ul class="list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>@uri="www.canada.ca"</strong> limits the search to all the pages in the site canada.ca.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>@uri="www.canada.ca/en/health"</strong> limits the search to all the pages in the health directory.</li> <li class="list-group-item"><strong>@uri="www.canada.ca/en/index.html"</strong> limits the search to the specific page index.html.</li> <li 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