The asterisk (*) "SHIFT 8" is a wild card character. Wild cards can be placed at the beginning of a word, the end of a word, or on both sides of a word: rate* (Find all words that start with "rate") *rate (Find all words that end with "rate");
To search for synonyms of a word, simply enclose the word in braces {}:
{car} Looks for car, or any synonyms of car - automobile, vehicle, etc.
You can use and/or/not as qualifiers. Enclose with square brackets to use as a search phrase. [to be or not to be]
The following symbols are reserved by WebSonar.
Do not use these symbols unless you are entering a Boolean search phrase:
& | : # ! = ^ + ~ ( ) / { } [ ]* , @
WebSonar ignores hyphens. A search for Section fifty-one or Section fiftyone will find Section fifty-one, but a search for Section fifty one will not.
To search for a word by how it sounds (Soundex search), simply prefix the word with a slash (/):
/John Smith Looks for any word that sounds like "John" followed by the word "Smith".
To search for documents which have at least 2 of the items listed (Quorum Searching) use the following format:
"2" @ (planes, trains, automobiles, helicopters)