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For the quickest search, just use the default options, type your search term and go. You can also modify the search parameters.

Match
All - All of the words in the search field matched in the retrieved documents.
Any - 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: "cat AND dog," "cat NOT dog," "cat OR (dog NOT nose)." Note that the operator NOT has the meaning "without."
Format
Long - Displays the titles, relevant excerpt text, date of last modification and size of the matching pages.
Short - Displays just the page titles.
Sort by
Score - Display according to score calculated by search engine, based on search word position, frequency of occurrence, etc. Sort from highest score to lowest score.
Time - Display according to modification time. Sort from most recent time to oldest time.
Title - Display according to title. Sort alphabetically. Note that documents that do not have a title (i.e. non-HTML documents) are listed first, with the name of the file enclosed in square brackets.
Reverse Score - Display according to score calculated by search engine, based on search word position, frequency of occurrence, etc. Sort from lowest score to highest score.
Reverse Time - Display according to modification time. Sort from most oldest time to most recent time.
Reverse Title - Display according to title. Sort in reverse alphabetical order. Note that documents that do not have a title (i.e. non-HTML documents) are listed last, with the name of the file enclosed in square brackets.
Miscellaneous
Stars - Stars next to a search result indicate relative relevance of the match. The maximum number of stars used is five.
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