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ADVANCED SEARCH TIPS
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How to use the SABC advanced search
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The more words you enter, the more you can refined the results. |
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By default the system assumes the words entered are to be search for as a phrase. Therefore by entering 'Cape Town' the system will search for the phrase 'Cape Town' and not for the words Cape and Town seperately. To search for a combination of words use AND or & (e.g. Cat AND Dog ; Cat & Dog). The system also accepts the use of OR or | between words (e.g. Reel OR Rod ; Reel | Rod).
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To exclude certain words precede the word with a tilde (~) sign. Thus using 'orange ~apple' will return articles containing the word orange but exclude those articles that have the word apple even if they contain the word orange.
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To explicitly define phrases or use the special operators AND or OR in a phrase one can use curly braces { }. e.g. {four and twenty blackbirds} or 'four {and} twenty blackbirds'
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One can combine the above techniques along with round brackets ( ) which allow one to apply an order of precedence to create complex search criteria. e.g. ({Cape Town} AND (Rod OR Real)) OR Fishing
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Happy hunting
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