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Click any place in the search box and type a word or phrase that describes the education topic you want to find. Then click on the "Find Documents" command button. The system will display a list of documents that contain these words and order them based on the number of times the word or words appear anywhere in the text.

If you are looking for documents that contain more than one word, use the Boolean operators: and, or, near. If the document must contain each word in the search then use and. If the words should be closely related use near. If any of the words is sufficient, use or. For example, suppose you want to find information on standards and assessments. You can enter in the search box:

standards and assessments

The system will list all documents that contain both terms. You may decide to limit the search further since you only are interested in standards and assessments in elementary education. In this case click on New query and enter:

standards and assessments and elementary

The system will list all documents containing all three terms.

Parentheses affect the selection and will help refine the search. Suppose you want information on either standards or assessments in elementary education. Click on New query and enter:

(standards or assessments) and elementary

The system will list all documents containing the words standards and elementary. The system also will list all documents containing the words assessments and elementary.

The near operator refines a search by finding words that are less than 50 words apart in the document. The near operator is of particular value when searching larger documents. Suppose you still want information on either standards or assessments in elementary education. The system lists many documents discussing the three topics: standards, assessments and elementary education, but not standards or assessments in elementary education. Click on New query and enter:

(standards or assessments) near elementary

The system will list all documents where standards and elementary are within 50 words of each other. The system also will list all documents where assessments and elementary are within 50 words of each other.

Excluding Words from the Request

You also can exclude documents containing certain words with the Boolean operator and not. Suppose that you want information on all schools except high schools. In this case click on New query and enter:

standards and assessments and not high schools

General Search Rules

The search engine has rules governing word lists, case, special words, special characters and punctuation.

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