How do I search for terms or phrases in State Net content?

To search for a term or phrase in State Net® content, simply place your cursor in the search input bar (1) and type the term or phrase you wish to search for, then hit the Enter key on your keyboard or click the magnifying glass (2) on the right side of the search bar.

You can search the text of all measure content subscribed to at one time, or you can limit your search to one or more content types by expanding the pull down next to All Measure Types (3) in the search bar and indicating the content types in which you want to search by clicking in the box next to the desired content types .

Tips to change Simple Term Search to Advanced Term Search

A search term can range in complexity from a single word, a specific phrase, or to a series of words connected by basic or proximity operators.

Basic Operators:              OR                  AND               NOT

Proximity Operators:       ADJ#               NEAR#  ...  where # indicates number of words

boat	retrieves text in which the single word, boat, is present
boat or fish	retrieves text in which either term is present
boat and fish	retrieves text in which both terms are present
boat not fish	excludes text in which term is present
boat adj5 fish	retrieves text in which terms are adjacent and are order dependent Example: boat, or landing nearshore fish
boat near5 fish	retrieves text in which terms are near each other and is not order dependent Example: boat ramp and all harvested fish Example: Fish and Game Boat

Wildcard characters can be placed in the beginning, middle, or end of a term.  A question mark replaces a single character.  A dollar sign or an asterisk operate in the same way and can be used to find singular or plural terms before or after the main term.

Wildcards:                     ?                      $                      *

boat?	retrieves only boats (not boat or boating or boater)
$boat$ or *boat*	retrieves any word containing boat (steamboat or boats or boating)
boat*	retrieves zero or multiple characters after boat (boat or boats or boating)

Parentheses can be used as a search mechanism to group similar terms together or to clarify the search when several operators are used. The terms inside the parentheses will be searched first.

(boater or boating) near5 (fisherm?n or fishing)