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Our site has a powerful ranking system to find the best possible results. But if you would like a targeted keyword search, try these simple search operators.
| Example | About | Result |
|---|---|---|
| School AND donation | Find items that include all words | Items with school and donation |
| School OR donation | Find items with at least one word | Items with school or donation, or both |
| School NOT donation | Exclude a word | Items with school, but excluding those with donation |
| School NEAR:5 donation | Find a word within 5 of another | Items where school appears within 5 words of donation, in any order |
| "School donation" | Find a phrase using "" | Items with school donation as an exact phrase |
| School* | Find words with different endings | Items with school, schools, schooled, schooling |
| +School | Exact term | Items with School |
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Our website search covers both webpages and PDF attachments. In the search results list, you will see a summary of each result with search terms in bold, with relevant text from the PDF indented underneath. This helps you see at a glance if the item looks useful.
This is an example of a search result for school donations.
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