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Using a capital as the
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Using all lower case text
will find words and parts of words. For example, radio will find words like radio-astronomer, as well as radio. |
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To find a combination of
words in a phrase, embed them in quotes. For example "trade mission". |
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words or quoted phrases with a '+' sign. For example, +translation +"business briefing" will find documents that include both the word translation and the phrase business briefing. |
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words (Boolean OR), enter the words without quotes. For example, seminar speaker amsterdam will find any or all of the words, wherever they occur. |
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