Brief Full Advanced Search Search Tips
|  |  | Search the site. Find the resources you are looking for easily with the targeted searches available in this drop-down menu. Select the type of search you want to do and enter the keyword(s), book title, author's name, ISBN number, publisher or book imprint. Select either brief or full for the search results display (full gives you more detailed information). Click the Go! button. See the tips below for refining your search. Search this book. Search the content of only the book you are currently reading. Enter the keyword(s) that you want to search for. Click the Go! button. See the tips below for refining your search. Word Search To find a particular word or phrase within a page: Go to the page you want to search. If you are a PC user, press CTRL+F or If you are a Mac user, press Command+F Find your word or phrase using the search box that appears. Note: If you are not using Netscape or Internet Explorer, use your browser's Find function. #### Search Tips Search for Author, Title, or ISBN. Wrap the keyword(s) in single quotes to return all documents containing an exact match. Example: 'John Smith' Search Operators You may further refine your search using the following search operators.
| AND selects documents that contain all of the search elements you specify.
|  | Examples: | perl <AND> cgi
|  |  | graphic "and" design
| OR selects documents that show evidence of at least one of the search elements you specify.
|  | Examples: | linux <OR> unix
|  |  | Java "or" J++
| NOT excludes documents containing words or phrases you specify.
|  | Example: | perl <AND> cgi <AND> <NOT> C
| NEAR selects documents containing specified search terms, where the closer the search terms are within a document, the higher the document's relevancy score.
|  | Example: | database <NEAR> security
| Wildcard * (asterisk) specifies zero or more alphanumeric characters.
|  | Example: | *DBC This will return JDBC, ODBC and any other instance of DBC with zero or more alphanumeric characters appended to the front.
| double quotes for phrases
|  | Example: | "Windows NT security"

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