What is the difference between an All Words, Any Words, Exact Phrase, and Boolean search?
An any words search is any sequence of text, like a sentence or a question. In an any words search, use quotation marks around phrases, put + in front of any word or phrase that is required, and – in front of a word or phrase to exclude it. Examples: banana pear “apple pie” “apple pie” -salad +”ice cream” An all words search is like an any words search, except that all of the terms have to be found in a document. Choosing the exact phrase search requires that all search results must include all the words entered in the search and in the exact order they were entered. A boolean search request consists of a group of words or phrases linked by connectors such as and and or that indicate the relationship between them.
