To do a search using keywords and connectors:
Example: "flag burn!" /s free speech (S = in same sentence.)
Content:: Cases - All state cases
Date: All
Example: ("breach of contract" or negligence) and "damaged goods"
Content:: Cases - All federal cases
Date: All dates before 2000
Function/description |
Format |
Example |
Exact word order with up to 2 words inbetween |
+n |
Sonia +2 Sotomayor |
Interior letter changer to retrieve woman and women |
* |
wom*n |
Add to word root to retrieve defended, defendant, etc. | ! | defend! |
Boolean searching |
AND (&) |
whistleblower & embezzlement |
Any word order within up to 10 words of each other |
/n |
trademark /10 similar |
Strict word order and both appear in same paragraph or sentence | +p or +s |
interstate +s banking |
Both words appear in same paragraph or sentence in any order |
/p or /s |
copyright /p registered |
Surround a phrase in quotation marks to bind words together |
" " |
"underground storage tank" |