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By default the search tries to locate articles which have exact matches for all of the words entered in your search query. Refining or narrowing your search is as simple as adding more words to the search terms you already entered. Your new search will return a smaller subset of the pages found for your original "too broad" query. The search separates the search terms by the spaces between each word and performs the search against the title of the articles only. For example: If the keywords entered are Breast Cancer the search will look for any articles where the title contains Breast and Cancer. Phrase Search The default search behavior may be modified by using a phrase search. The phrase search uses quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to each other, for example "Breast Cancer". Otherwise, the search results will include the words Breast and Cancer, but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the title of the article. Check spelling Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. Use multiple words Using multiple words will return more refined results than a single word. For example, typing Breast Cancer will return more relevant results than typing just Cancer. Ignored words Make sure your search query does not contain any ignored words. For example: any simple words like "the" or "and"; any single alphabetical letter like "a" or "z"; or any numbers 0-9. Ignored words will be removed from your search query before processing your request. Ignored words may be used in a phrase search without them being removed from your search query. For example: "All about Cancer"; the words "all" and "about" are ignored words but since they are used in a phrase search they will not be removed. |