User:Ltldgbgbark/Search connectors

Connectors
Search connectors are words or characters used to give your search words a logical relationship to the online system that is interpreting your search string. Below are only a few examples of the many search connectors that can be used when searching for documents, images or WebPages.

or Links synonyms, antonyms, alternate forms of expression, etc. Broadens search results. ex: '''librarian or archivist

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w/n Locates search terms within a certain number of words of each other ex:''' author w/5 title or book '''

w/s Locates search terms within the same sentence ex:''' librarian w/s Laura bush

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w/p Locates search terms within the same paragraph ex: Hewlett-Packard w/p global

and Links words or phrases that must appear together in the same document, no matter how close or far apart ex: '''Microsoft and fundraise! '''

pre/n Requires that the first word must precede the second word by a certain number of words or less ex: cable pre/1 tv

w/seg Locates search terms within the same segment or field ex: joint w/seg venture

and not- Excludes documents that contain the word or phrase following it ex: Tyson and not mike