Search Connectors

Note:  To search with a Code section, or with proximity, use Advanced Search. A space between words is searched as “AND.”

AND

Both (or all) the words appear in the document

Example: Treasury AND "anti-inversion" AND guidance [AND must be uppercase]

OR

Search for alternate terms

Example: law OR legislation [OR must be uppercase]

“ ”

Exact phrase

Example: "disguised sales"

Example: "profit and loss"

*

Wildcard / Root expander

Example: Culberts*n will retrieve Culbertson, Culbertsen, etc.

Example: audit* will retrieve all words beginning with "audit," including audits, auditor, and auditing

NOT or –

Example: legislative NOT history

Example: legislative –history [NOT must be uppercase]

~

Use fuzzy match to retrieve words with similar spelling

Example: Shepherd~ will retrieve Sheppard

( )

Group terms together to build searches

Example: (Swiss OR Switzerland) AND bank* AND (record or account)