Look for two or more words at once.
Simply type your keywords in the search box. The search engine will find documents that contain all of the keywords entered (i.e., it automatically inserts the AND operator between each keyword). NOTE: Using the AND operator will produce the same results.
Example - type sports events to find documents that have both the word sports and the word events anywhere.
Example - type sports AND events to find documents that have both the word sports and the word events anywhere.

Look for words that are close to each other by using the NEAR operator instead of the AND operator.
When you use NEAR, the closer together the words are, the higher the rank of the page, so the higher it appears in the list of search results.
Example - type sports NEAR events to match documents where the word sports is within 50 words of the word events.

Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator.
Use the OR operator to find any of the keywords entered. NOTE: if you do not use the OR operator and search using multiple words, documents containing all of your keywords will be found (i.e. like using the AND operator).
Example - type dogs OR puppies to find the word dogs or the word puppies, but not necessarily both.

Limit your search by using the AND NOT operator to exclude words.
Example - type surfing AND NOT the Internet to find all instances of surfing, as long as surfing is not followed by the phrase the Internet.
NOTE: typing surfing NOT the Internet will not work. You must use AND NOT.

Look for a phrase using double quotes ["..."].
Example - type "sports events" to find the exact phrase sports events. Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent to Sports Events.

Use double quotes if you want to use AND, OR, NOT, or NEAR literally.
Example - type "houses near parks" to find documents with the phrase houses near parks. Without the double quotes, this query would use the NEAR operator instead of the phrase.

Use a single asterisk (*) to look for words that begin with the same letters.
Example - type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.

Use a double asterisk (**) to look for all forms of a word.
Example - type fly** to find fly, flew, flown, and flying.