Guidance

Use multiple words

The search results will return more refined results from several words than from a single word. For example, typing Management Development will return more relevant results than typing only Management. (Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even if they don't contain all query terms.)

Use similar words

The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant results you will get back.

Use appropriate capitalization

Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case. For example, typing recruitment will return all webpages and documents containing the word recruitment, Recruitment, and RECRUITMENT.

Use quotation marks

Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to each other, for example, "employee relations".  Otherwise, the search results will include the word employee, and the word relations, but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the document or webpage.

Use plus (+) or minus (-)

The plus sign tells the search engine that a certain word or phrase is required in the search results, and a minus sign indicates that a word or phrase must be absent in the search results. Note: A phrase must be contained within quotation marks.  Leave no spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term.  For example "recruitment+selection", or "labor-law".

Use field searches

Field searches allow you to create specific searches for words that appear in a specific part of a document/webpage. A field search can be performed on body text (body:), title text (title:), alt text (alt:), meta description (desc:), meta key words (keys:) or URL (url:). The field name should be in lowercase and immediately followed by a colon. There should be no spaces between the colon and the search term.  Note: The field searches can only be followed by a word or phrase. Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.

Use wildcards