Search help
See also: Frequently Asked Questions, Search Tips
Examples:
Use these examples to help you pinpoint your search:
- To find documents containing
'productivity tools', type:
- productivity tools
- "productivity
tools"
- To find documents containing
'productivity' or 'tools', type:
- productivity or tools
- productivity !
tools
- To find documents containing
'productivity' and 'tools', type:
- productivity and tools
- productivity
& tools
- To find documents containing
'productivity' but not 'tools', type:
- productivity and not tools
- productivity
&! tools
- To find documents containing
'spreadsheets' and 'productivity' but not 'tools', type:
- (productivity and not tools) and
spreadsheets
- To find documents containing two words
that are found in proximity of each other, type:
- productivity near tools
- productivity ~
tools
- To find documents containing words
starting with 'web', type:
- To find documents containing words
that are grammatical variations on the word 'catch', type:
- catch**
(This will include catching and
caught.)
- Frequently Asked
Questions:
What can I search?
What is a boolean search?
Is searching case-sensitive?
How many search results will be
returned?
How many search results are listed on a
page?
What kind of information is listed in the search
results?
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- What
can I search?
- This search will search the contents
of the WisDOT Highway Construction Contract Information site.
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- What is a
boolean search?
- Boolean expressions are words (or, and, and
not, and near) used to create relationships among the keywords in your
search query. Parentheses ( ) can also be used to group expressions.
Below is a list of expressions with their corresponding symbol (you may
use either) and function:
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| and |
& |
both terms are present |
| or |
| |
one or both terms are
present |
| not |
! |
term following "not" is not
present |
| near |
~ |
terms appear near each
other |
Boolean expressions are words (or, and, and
not, and near) used to create relationships among the keywords in your
search query. Parentheses ( ) can also be used to group expressions.
Below is a list of expressions with their corresponding symbol (you may
use either) and function:
-
| and |
& |
both terms are present |
| or |
| |
one or both terms are
present |
| not |
! |
term following "not" is not
present |
| near |
~ |
terms appear near each
other |
- Is
searching case-sensitive?
- No. Searching for Culvert Pipe will also match
culvert pipe.
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- How many search results will be returned?
- The default is 200. You may also select 100
from the drop-down box.
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- How many search results are listed on a
page?
- The default number is 25. You may also
choose to return 10 pages at a time using the drop-down box.
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- What kind of information is listed in the search
results?
- The default is "titles only" which displays only the page title.
The user can also select "full descriptions" which
displays the page title, the abstract (a short description of the page)
and the date and time the page was last changed.
- Search
Tips:
-
- You can control the results of your search
with these options:
- The maximum number of search results to
return (100 or 200)
The number of search results to be displayed per
page (10 or 25)
The format of the search return (page title only or
full description)
- Some words, punctuation, and boolean
operators are ignored as search terms, or have special meanings. For
example:
- and
,
or
the
but
for
as
a
If you type
these words by themselves in the "Search for" box, an error message will
display. Try your search again, using a valid word or phrase in the
"Search for" box.
Search ranking: Search ranking is based on
several criteria, including where the search term is found in the
resulting document. When doing a Near search, the ranking is affected not
only by the frequency and position of keywords, but also by their
proximity.
Searching for Culvert Pipe will
also match culvert pipe
- Searching for phrases:
-
- Use Exact phrases. If you know an exact
phrase, put the phrase in quotes, for example: "liquidated
damages".
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- To search for a phrase that contains
quotation marks, enclose the entire phrase in quotation marks, and then
place double quotation marks where you want a quotation mark to appear.
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