Search Methods
WebSTAR Search supports a number of different methods for performing searches.Description Search
Simply describe the information that you want. For example, "Projects of the coalition."Question Search
Ask a question that you want answered. For example, "How can I obtain services for victims of domestic violence?"Keyword Search
List important keywords relevant to your search topic. For example, "victim homicides statistics reports"Boolean Keyword Search
Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.
Finds only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "coalition & projects" finds documents with both the word "coalition" and the word "projects". Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For example, "coalition | projects" finds documents containing either "coalition" or "projects". The found documents could contain both, but do not have to. Excludes documents containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "coalition ! projects" finds documents containing "coalition" but not containing "projects". As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two terms. Used to group portions of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For example, "coalition & [improve | increase]! projects" finds documents containing "coalition" and either "improve" or "increase but not "projects".
Similar Document Search
After you perform an initial search, every matching document description will contain a "More like this" link that allows you to automatically search for similar documents.