| CONNECTORS: Define relationships between keywords to narrow or expand the scope of your search. |
| For an example, click the connector type below. | |
| To: | Use: |
|---|---|
| search for all keyword | Space, AND, & |
| search for any keywords | |, OR |
| exclude keywords | ^ , NOT |
| search for exact phrase | " " |
| find keyword variations | * (asterisk) # (number sign) ? (question mark) - (hyphen) |
Searches for documents containing at least one instance of each of your keywords. No restriction on proximity or location of words in relation to each other.
Example: funding AND deficiency; funding & deficiency; funding deficiency
Finds: documents containing both search terms: funding AND deficiency.
Searches for documents containing at least one instance of either of your keywords.
Example: reimbursement | proceeds; reimbursement OR proceeds
Finds: documents containing either or both words: reimbursement OR proceeds.
Searches for one keyword but not when the other keyword appears in the document.
Example: deferred compensation ^ pension; deferred compensation NOT pension
Finds: documents containing the keywords: deferred AND compensation, but NOT when pension appears in the document.
Searches for the given terms in the order presented - phrase search.
Example: "partnership deduction"
Finds: documents containing the exact phrase partnership deduction.
Place the asterisk sign at the end of a word to search for a variety of endings. The asterisk is a placeholder for 0 or more characters.
Example: deprecia*
Finds: documents containing terms beginning with the letters deprecia: depreciation, depreciate, depreciable, and so forth.
Use the number sign to disable Checkpoint's automatic inclusion of equivalencies and plurals for the search term. The number sign must immediately precede the search term to be effective.
Example: #damage
Finds: damage
Does not find: damages, damaged
Use the question mark to replace a single character in a search term. You can use this wildcard more than once in a single word.
Example: s????holder
Finds: stockholder, shareholder
Use the hyphen to find variations of compound words.
Example: e-mail
Finds: e-mail, email, e mail