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Simple Search: To find a topic on the Nostalgia Air Web site,
enter a word or phrase in the box and press the Search button (you don't need to
enclose phrases in quotes). You will see a list of page links that match your
request, along with their page titles. Normally Nostalgia Air will search the entire web site;
however you can select to search all or just a few of the areas within the website. To only search
the areas you are interested in click on the box next to the area(s) and a check will appear. To
remove the check click on a checked box. To return to searching the entire site click on the "Entire Site"
box.
Advanced Search: You can use advanced techniques (including boolean
operators) to refine your search of the Nostalgia Air Web site:
(The following is an excerpt from the Microsoft Index Server Guide.)
Query Language
This list gives the rules for formulating advanced queries:
- Multiple consecutive words are treated as a phrase; they must appear in the same order
within a matching document.
- Queries are case-insensitive, so you can type your query in uppercase or lowercase.
- You can search for any word except for those in the exception list (for English, this
includes a, an, and, as, and other common words),
which are ignored during a search.
- Words in the exception list are treated as placeholders in phrase and proximity queries.
For example, if you searched for “Word for Windows”, the results could give you
“Word for Windows” and “Word and Windows”, because for is a
noise word and appears in the exception list.
- Punctuation marks such as the period (.), colon (:), semicolon (;), and comma (,) are
ignored during a search.
- To use specially treated characters such as &, |, ^, #, @, $, (, ), in a query,
enclose your query in quotation marks (“).
- To search for a word or phrase containing quotation marks, enclose the entire phrase in
quotation marks and then double the quotation marks around the word or words you want to
surround with quotes. For example, “World-Wide Web or
““Web””” searches for World-Wide Web or “Web”.
- You can use Boolean Operators (AND,
OR, and NOT) and the Proximity Operator (NEAR) to
specify additional search information.
- The Wildcard Character (*) can match words with a given prefix.
The query esc* matches the terms “ESC,” “escape,” and so on.
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Boolean and
Proximity Operators
Boolean and proximity operators can create a more precise query. |
| To Search For |
Example |
Results |
| Both terms in the same page |
access and basic
—Or—
access & basic |
Pages with both the words “access” and
“basic” |
| Either term in a page |
cgi or isapi
—Or—
cgi | isapi |
Pages with the words “cgi” or “isapi” |
| The first term without the second term |
access and not basic
—Or—
access & ! basic |
Pages with the word “access” but not
“basic” |
| Both terms in the same page, close together |
excel near project
—Or—
excel ~ project |
Pages with the word “excel” near the word
“project” |
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Wildcards
Wildcard operators help you find pages containing words similar to a given word. |
| To Search For |
Example |
Results |
| Words with the same prefix |
comput* |
Pages with words that have the prefix “comput,”
such as “computer,” “computing,” and so on |
| Words based on the same stem word |
fly** |
Pages with words based on the same stem as “fly,”
such as “flying,” “flown,” “flew,” and so on |
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