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Search Basics
To search the e.VOLve website, simply type in a few descriptive
words and press the 'enter' key or click the search button for a list of
relevant web pages. The search will return pages that contain all of the
words in your search. You can refine or narrow your search by simply adding
more words to the search terms you have already entered.
The e.VOLve search ranks pages in order of relevance and will also look
for words that are similar to some or all of your search terms. If you search
for 'environment' the search will also search for 'environmental',
'environments' and any other related variations of your terms.
Advanced Searching
You can enhance your search by using the advanced
search page, to define search preferences or increase the
accuracy of your search.
The search will return pages that contain all of the words in your
search. In the advanced search
you can change this behaviour to select pages that contain any of the words
that you have provided in your search terms.
Phrases
The search supports searching for exact phrases, this is particularly
useful for searching for proper names such as "Acacia Avenue" rather than
retrieving pages that simply contain "Acacia" and "Avenue" but not necessarily
as part of the same term. You can search for complete phrases by entering them
into the exact phrase box for the advanced
search or by simply enclosing them in double quotes ("like
this") for the simple search.
Publication Dates
From the advanced search
page you can narrow your search to pages that have been updated between
particular dates. To do this simply select the day, month and year from the
options provided.
Results
The search will return pages according to the rank calculated for each page. In
the advanced search you
can change this behaviour to return results according to the date the page was
posted, updated or simply by the page title.
The search will also look for words that are similar to some or all of your
search terms. In the advanced search
you can change this behaviour to return results that match, specifically, your
search terms.
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