Enter a single word in the search field. For example, enter

Anita

. Records with the word Anita appear in the results.

Enter a phrase surrounded by double quotes. For example, enter

"exceeding quota"

. Records with the term exceeding quota appear in the results.

Use ? and * as wildcard characters to replace letters in a single word search. You cannot use wildcards if your search query has more than one word. You cannot replace the first character of the word with a wildcard character.

To replace a single character in a word, use ?. For example, enter

te?t

. Records with the word tent, test, or text appear in the results.

To replace multiple characters in a word, use *. For example, enter

te**

. Records with the word teak, teal, team, tear, teen, tent, tern, test, or text appear in the results.

Use the ~ character to search for a word with a similar spelling. For example, enter

roam~

. Records with the word foam or roams appear in the results.

You can search for records with a range of values. Use a range search for numbers or words.

To search for records that contain all the terms in the search query, use AND between terms. The AND must be in uppercase. You can replace AND with the characters &&.

To specify that a term in the search query must exist in the results, enter the + character before the term. For example, enter

+semiconductor automobile

. Records with the word semiconductor appear in the results. These records may or may not contain the word automobile.

To search for records that exclude a term in the search query, enter NOT before the term. You can replace NOT with either the ! or - character.