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Case-insensitive The search is case-insensitive. That is, a search for river will find river, River, RIVER etc.

AND searches If you enter more than one word, the system finds those entries that contain all the words. Therefore, a search for  commerce bank  will find find Bank of Commerce as well as Commerce, Banking, and Growth.

Phrases If you want a specific phrase, enclose it in quotation marks. For example "river boat" will find entries containing the phrase "river boat", while river boat will find all entries containing the word river and the word boat.

OR searches You may search for entries that contain one word, or another word, or ... Specify alternative words with the word OR in upper case letters.
For example, river OR boat will find any entries containing the word river or the word boat. It works in conjunction with the implied AND of the system so that:
river OR boat bank OR kansas OR road  works. Note: this does not currently work with phrases in "'s.

Wildcards Each word in the list may include any regular expression. For example, if you want to find topics about navigation and navigate, you could type in navigat[ie] which matches navigate and navigati.