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Descriptors

Please use the Advanced Search for all options.

Match: And - All of the words in the search field matched in the retrieved documents. (Simple Search)
Or - Any of the words in the search field matched in the retrieved documents.
Boolean - Explicit Boolean search using AND/OR/NOT and parentheses to define the query. Examples of correct expressions are: "ultrasonic AND weld," "ultrasonic NOT weld," "ultrasonic OR (weld NOT pipe)." Note that the operator NOT has the meaning as "without."

Prefix *: Matches all words beginning with the query strings. For example "radio*" would perform matching on "radiography", "radioscopy" etc.

Format: Long - Displays the titles, relevant excerpt text, date of last modification and size of the matching pages.
Short - Displays just the page titles.

Miscellaneous: Endings and Synonyms - The search engine is configured to search also for words with the same root as your query term(s) but with different common endings (such as singular and plural forms, -ed, -er, -ing, -ly), as well as synonyms, but all of these alternative matches are of lower priority than an exact match.
Stars and/or Percentages - Stars and/or percentages next to a search result indicate relative relevance of the match.