Search

Please enter one or more keywords in the box below and click to perform your search. For help with using the most effective search criteria, please refer to the tips below.

Helpful Tips for an Effective Search

At its simplest, a search query can be just a single word. However, the tips below explain how you can refine your search to get more complete results.

Phrases

Look for a phrase rather than a single word.

Example: Type life insurance to find the exact phrase life insurance . Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent to Life Insurance.

When to Use AND

Look for two or more words at once by using the AND operator.

Example: Type life AND events to find records that have both the word life and the word events anywhere.

When to Use NEAR

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 accident NEAR insurance to match records where the word accident is within 50 words of the word insurance.

When to Use OR

Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator. Note that if you do not use the OR operator and search using multiple words, the words are treated as a phrase.

Example: Type family OR children to find the word family or the word children, but not necessarily both.

When to Use AND NOT

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.

When to Use Double Quotes (")

Use double quotes if you want to use and, or, not, or near literally.

Example: Type "houses near parks" to find records with the phrase houses near parks. Without the double quotes, this query would use the NEAR operator instead of the phrase.

When to Use a Single Asterisk (*)

Use a single asterisk (*) to look for words that begin with the same letters.

Example: Type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, etc.

When to Use Double Asterisks (**)

Use double asterisks (**) to look for all forms of a word.

Example: Type fly** to find fly, flew, flown, and flying.