From the Search Me! Demon Search Engine it is possible to search the whole site for particular information. All that you need to do for simple straightforward searches is to type a few words into the search form.
You can do more complex searches using boolean operators, wildcards, phrases, or case sensitivity.
These may be used in various combinations. Some commonly used words such as "the", "by", or "it" are not indexed but they may be specified by using them in a phrase.
These will allow you to choose several words (see also phrases), one word or another, or one word but not another:
| Use: | to find both these words: |
| and | and band and sampler |
| + | + band + sampler |
| Use: | to find one word or the other: |
| or | band or sampler |
| | | band | sampler |
| Use: | to find one word but not the other: |
| not | needlework not sampler |
| - | needlework - sampler |
Using the wildcards or truncation option means that you can select just part of a word to use in your search. But take care, you may get more words than you expect! N.B.you should use three or more characters if you want meaningful results:
| Use: | to find part of a word: |
| * | needle* will find needle, needles, needlework, and also needless, needled, etc |
| *...* | *heart* will find sweetheart(s), heartfelt, heartily, hearth, etc |
If you need to search on a phrase, you can do so by adding quotations marks " " around the words; this will ensure an exact match on them.
| Use: | to find a phrase: |
| "needlework samplers" | needlework samplers |
You can use initial capital letters (case sensitivity) on particular words such as proper names to make your searches even more selective:
| Use: | to find a case sensitive word: |
| Rose | Rose (as a girl's name) |
| rose | rose, Rose or even rOsE |