Help with Search
To search, simply type in what you are searching for, check or uncheck the
options mentioned below and click "Go!".
"Use Word Variants"
and "Fuzzy search"
These
are selections widen your search, making it more comprehensive. Once these are
activated, you can try using base words, or parts of words - "pair" to
find "pairing" or "pairs"; "ray" to find
"gray," "stray," or "bray."
Use Word Variants
This option finds words with the base word + certain prefixes and suffixes. For
example, a search for "swim" will also find "swims,"
"swimming," "swimmer," and even "swimmed." It will
not find the variation "swam," however, because the base word has
changed, or "swimmet," or "swimsed" because the suffixes are
not acceptable with that word.
Fuzzy search (Turned
on when checked)
This option finds documents which have matches similar to your search.
|
Sample
query |
Finds |
|
user requirement |
user group requirement user has a requirement |
|
Califorrnia (incorrect spelling) |
California (correct spelling) |
|
communication |
communicate, communicating,
communi-cation |
|
Palo Alto (correct spelling) |
Paloalto (incorrect spelling) |