RollCall.com Search Engine uses most of the standard search techniques. Some of the most common that you might be interested in using are...
Search for exact phrases using quotation marks (" ") Typing "democratic" or "republican" will find items with those exact words in sequence.
Use the minus sign (-) to narrow your search If you enter democratic -republican, that tells the search engine to include the word democratic but not republican. Don't forget - there's no space after the sign.
Use a wildcard (*) for multiple endings
By typing an * (asterisk symbol) at the end of a word, you can search for items with multiple endings. For example: warn* would return items such as warns, warnings, etc.
Search Command Chart
Here is a summary of the advanced search commands available to you:
To search for:
Use the command:
Example:
One word AND another
Use space between words
validation compliance Returns articles with the words validationandcompliance in the story
One word OR another
(word 1,word 2) Note: No spaces after the comma.
(validation,compliance)
Returns all articles with the words validationorcompliance in the story
One word BUT NOT another
-NotWord
(minus symbol) Note: No spaces after the minus sign.
validation -compliance
Returns items containing the word validation and will exclude all items containing the word compliance in the story