Search tips

If you are having trouble finding an item using the site search, these tips might help you.

1.You can search on:

single terms
Phrases (A Phrase is a group of words surrounded by double quotes such as "hello dolly".)

- To perform a single character search use the "?" symbol.
- To perform a multiple character search use the "*" symbol.

EXAMPLE:
The single character wildcard search looks for terms that match that with the single character replaced. For example, to search for "text" or "test" you can use the search:
te?t

Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example, to search for test, tests or tester, you can use the search:
test*

You can also use the wildcard searches in the middle of a term.
te*t

Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.



2.Boolean Operators (AND, NOT, OR)

Boolean operators (AND, "+", OR, NOT and "-") allow terms to be combined through logic operators. (Note: Boolean operators must be ALL CAPS).



OR
To search for documents that contain either "jakarta apache" or just "jakarta" use the query:
"jakarta apache" OR jakarta



AND
To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" and "Apache Lucene" use the query:
"jakarta apache" AND "Apache Lucene"



+
To search for documents that must contain "jakarta" and may contain "lucene" use the query:
+jakarta lucene



NOT
To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not "Apache Lucene" use the query:
"jakarta apache" NOT "Apache Lucene"

Note: The NOT operator cannot be used with just one term. For example, the following search will return no results:
NOT "jakarta apache"



-
To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not "Apache Lucene" use the query:
"jakarta apache" -"Apache Lucene"

3. Accented word

Accented word could be searchable depending of your interface. If your search interface is English, then the results will be returned in English language.

You can also use the Boolean operator to return specific result. For instance:
The search [+Mexico] returns only pages about "Mexico" (and not "México").
The search [+México] returns only pages about "México" and not "Mexico."


4. If you still cannot find what you want, you can

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view frequently asked questions

visit the useful websites
5. New content will be index to the search on weekly basis. If you can't find what you are looking for, please email usersupport@lloyds.com