The document search text queries where keywords can be combined with operators to refine and control your search results. These are the available operators:

AND: Returns results that match all specified terms. Example: classic AND modern Finds documents containing both “classic” and “modern”.

OR: Returns results that match at least one of the specified terms. Example: classic OR contemporary Finds documents containing either “classic” or “contemporary”.

NOT: Excludes documents that match the specified term. Example: classic NOT draft Finds documents containing “classic” but not “draft”.

( ) Grouping: Parentheses allow you to group terms and control the logic of the query. Example (classic OR contemporary) AND composed Finds documents that contain “composed” and either “classic” or “contemporary”.

+ Required: must be present in the document. Example: +classic draft Finds documents that must contain “classic” and may contain “draft”.

- Excluded Term: must not be present in the document. Example: classic -draft Finds documents containing “classic” but excluding those with “draft”.

? Single-Character Wildcard: The ? wildcard replaces exactly one character.
It can be used at the beginning, middle, or end of a term. Example: te?t Matches “text”, “test”, “teNt”, etc.

Quotes (" or ') Exact Match: Use single (') or double (") quotes to search for an exact phrase. Examples: "compared research" Finds documents containing the exact phrase “compared research”. (If an odd number of quotes is provided, all quotes will be automatically removed.)

More examples

("compared research" OR summary) AND finance NOT draft Finds finance-related documents containing either the exact phrase “compared research” or “summary”, excluding drafts.

+"Fox News" OR "ABC News" Finds documents that must contain exactly Fox News or ABC news

+broadcast NOT("Fox News" AND "ABC NEWS) -newspaper Finds documents that must contain broadcast, not containing newspaper, and not containing both Fox News and ABC NEWS

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