Connectors, expanders and wildcards

Angelegt Sonntag 08 März 2020

Connectors, expanders and wildcards (search operators) are needed to narrow down a search.

An interesting document about Searching with Terms and Connectors can be found here: https://law.lclark.edu/live/files/9394-westlaw-terms-and-connectors-searching.

Common connectors and expanders are:
& AND
/s In same sentence
or OR
+s Preceding within sentence
/p In same paragraph
"" Phrase
+p Preceding within paragraph
% But not
/n Within n terms of
! Root expander
+n Preceding within n terms of

Universal character

# Prefix to turn off plurals and equivalent

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