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Click Here for a Quick Summary of Search Commands

The more words you include in the search box, the better results you'll get. Here are some examples:

  • Search by typing words and phrases.

  • The search engine will find documents containing as many of these words and phrases as possible ranked so that the pages on our site most relevant to your query are first in the list of results.

    Examples:
    student behavior classroom managment
    day care

  • Identify phrases with quotation marks, separate with commas.

  • A phrase is entered using double quotation marks; each phrase or proper name should be separated with a comma.

    Example: "financial aid", "student loans"

  • Use UPPER case to indicate exact match

  • The search engine automatically treats adjacent capitalized words as a single phrase. Search terms in lowercase will match words in any case.

    Examples:
    Council for Exceptional Children
    PRAXIS

Quick Reference to Syntax

Take a look at this chart for a quick overview of the commands supported by our search engine.

Operator Action Example
Quotation marks (" ") Indicates a phrase " charter schools"
Appropriate capitalization Indicates proper nouns Howard Gardner
Plus sign (+) Requires a word or phrase +television +effects
Minus sign (-) Ranks search terms lower

"school safety" -violence

Comma (,) Separates words and phrases (OR) WebQuest, French
Pipe (|) Located near the backspace key on many keyboards Narrows your search from a broad subject to a specific topic "financial aid"|scholarships

For a description of advanced search features, please visit our searching help reference pages:More Search Help

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