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When the search results are displayed, the "Basic Search" form is also displayed.

Use this search in the same way as the quick search.

You can also choose to display the results by the date the document was last updated (newest first) rather than by relevance.

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Wildcard Searches

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Eg chemi* will find results containing words that begin with 'chemi' (chemical, chemistry, chemist)

Note: The asterisk can only be used at the end of a word. che*ist or *emical will not work as you might expect.

Phrases

If the words you enter are quoted by '...' or "...", the search engine will treat them as phrase. Only documents or files containing that exact phrase will be returned. e.g. The search phrase "Annual Report" will present SSC Annual Report for the year ended 30 June as a search result.

 


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