Search Tips

Use the following tips for specific results

Check spelling.
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly.

Use multiple words when performing your search. The search results will return more refined results from several words than from a single word.
Example: expansion joints (instead of just "joints")

Use appropriate capitalization. Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case. For example, typing search will return all documents containing the words search, Search, and SEARCH.
Example: NEMA SM-23

Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to each other, for example, "fluid flow software". Otherwise, the search results will include the words "fluid", "flow", and "software", but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the document.
Example: "fluid flow software"

Use plus (+) or minus (-). Use a plus sign when your search term or phrase must appear in the search results. Use a minus sign to indicate undesirable term(s). The plus sign tells the search engine that a certain word or phrase is required in the search results, and a minus sign indicates that a word or phrase must be absent in the search results.
Note: A phrase must be contained within quotation marks. Leave no spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term.
Examples: 1. expansion joints +modeling (to show pages that have expansion joint modeling information)
2. turbine +nema -release notes (to show pages that have turbine and NEMA but not the page that also contains Release Notes)

Use field searches. They allow you to create specific searches for words that appear in a specific part of a document. A field search can be performed on body text (body:), title text (title:), alt text (alt:), meta description (desc:). The field name should be in lowercase and immediately followed by a colon. There should be no spaces between the colon and the search term.
Note: The field searches can only be followed by a word or phrase. Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.
Examples:
title:Pricing
desc:"Our Team"
body:security
alt:"CAEPIPE graphics"

Use wildcards. They can expand the number of matches for a particular request. The * character is used as the wildcard character. For instance, searching for wh* will find the words what, why, when, whether, and any other word that starts with wh. Searching for *her* will find the words here, whether, together, gathering, and any other word that contains her anywhere in the word.

Wildcards may be combined with the standard plus (+) and minus (-) modifiers, quotes for phrases, as well as the field search specifiers. +wh* -se*ch will find all pages which have a word that starts with wh and which does not contain a word that starts with se and ends with ch. "wh* are" will find the phrases where are, what are, why are, etc.

Examples:
CA*
"wh* are" (use wildcards within quotes)
415-*-* (for US and Canada phone numbers)