You can combine search terms using Verity Query Language operators to broaden, narrow or refine your searches.
Overview of Combining Search Terms
| Search Term | Finds Documents That Contain… |
| prevention OR control OR management
| At least one of the words.
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| diagnosis,management,prevention
| Any of the words. The more search terms that are present in the document, the higher the ranking.
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| labor OR labour
| Either the US or the UK spelling of labor.
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| human AND effects AND acute
| All of the words.
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| human NOT animal
| The word human but not the word animal.
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| evaluation <NEAR> risk
| The word evaluation close to the word risk.
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| evaluation <NEAR/10> risk
| The word evaluation within a 10 word range of risk.
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| effect <SENTENCE> environment
| The word effect in the same sentence as the word environment.
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| effect <PARAGRAPH> human
| The word effect in the same paragraph as the word human.
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Most Verity Query Language operators and modifiers must be enclosed within angle brackets (< >) to distinguish them from the actual query term. The words AND, OR, and NOT are always treated as Verity Query Language operators unless they are enclosed within double quotation marks.
For example:
For executing more complex searches, see Combining Operators.