Tip #1: Breadth First
If you are not sure exactly what you are looking for, enter a word that is as broad as possible, then add additional words to narrow your results. For example:
- First search: cash
- Second search: petty cash
- Third search: petty cash reconciliation
Tip #2: Using Common Keywords
The most common searches involve keywords like: AND, OR, and NOT.
Use CAPS when using these keywords since some search engines won't recognize them in lower case.
| Criteria |
Results In |
|---|
| cash AND fund |
Documents with both words. |
| cash OR fund |
Documents with either word. |
| cash NOT fund |
Documents that have the word cash, but not the word fund. |
Additional search criteria you can use:
| What to Enter |
What it Does |
Example |
|---|
| Quotation marks: " " |
Will search for the exact phrase you entered. |
"cash fund" as opposed to cash fund |
| Asterisk: * |
Wildcard: will return unknown or variable words. |
*fund (or fund*) |
| Plus sign: + |
Must contain the word |
cash +fund |
| Minus sign: - |
Must not contain |
cash -fund |
| filetype: |
Find a specific type of document |
petty cash filetype:pdf |
Type keywords and phrases in lower case to find both lower and upper case versions.
Typing capital letters may return only an exact match.
