Explicit Queries
When you enclose individual words in double-quotation marks ("), the Verity search engine interprets those words literally. For example, by entering the word "film" explicitly in double-quotation marks, the words "films," "filmed," and filming" are not considered in the search. To select documents containing the word "film" without searching for its stemmed words, enter the word "film" using explicit syntax:
- "film"
The following example retrieves documents that contain both the literal phrase "pharmaceutical companies" and the literal word "stock":
- AND ("pharmaceutical companies", "stock")
The AND
operator does not require angle brackets because it is automatically interpreted as an operator.
The following example retrieves documents containing the phrase "black and white":
- <PHRASE> (black "and" white)
The PHRASE
operator requires angle brackets, and the "and" is enclosed in double-quotation marks (") because it is to be interpreted as a literal word, not as an operator.
Additionally, when you enter a topic name enclosed in double-quotation marks ("), the search engine will interpret the topic name as a literal word instead of as a topic. This is useful when you want to search for a word that is the same as the name of a topic.
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