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| TYPE OF SEARCH | SYMBOL | SAMPLE SEARCH | RESULTS |
| Phrase search | Quotation marks " " |
"taxation database" | Web pages with the words "taxation database" appearing together as a phrase e.g. Taxation Accounting and Taxation Database |
| AND search | Plus sign + |
taxation + database | Web pages containing the word taxation AND the word database, but not necessarily together eg Australian Taxation Abstracts Database |
| OR search | Square brackets [ ] |
[taxation tax] + database | Web pages containing EITHER the word taxation OR the word tax, AND the word database |
| Keyword (combined AND and OR search) | Taxation database | Web pages containing both the words taxation AND database These results are presented as "fully matching documents" Plus: Web pages containing EITHER the word taxation OR the word database These are presented as " documents matching one of two constraints" | |
| Truncation | Asterisk * |
"taxation database" + austral* | Web pages containing the phrase taxation database AND words BEGINNING WITH austral, such as Australian, Australia's, Australasian, Australia |