 Enter your search terms in lower case.
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- The search engine will find both upper and lower case instances of your search term.
- Mixed case is case-sensitive. For example, Programme finds Programme only and does not find programme.
- Finds all word forms. For example, poison finds poisons, poisoned, poisonous, poisoning, etc.
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Search for phrases by entering the words separated by spaces.
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- Finds all the words and all forms of each word.
- For example, circumstance of poisoning also finds circumstances of poisoning.
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Enclose phrases in double quotation marks to find the exact phrase.
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- For example, "bloody diarrhoea".
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Enclose chemical names in double quotation marks to find the exact substance.
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- For example, "1,1,1,-trichloroethane".
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Find multiple words by separating words with commas. |
- The search engine will find documents that contain any of your search terms. In addition, the more search terms that are present in the document, the higher the ranking.
- For example, rash,headache,nausea.
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Expand your searches by using OR. |
- The search engine will find documents that contain at least one of your search terms.
- For example, rash OR lesions.
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Narrow your searches by using AND. |
- The search engine will find documents that contain all of your search terms.
- For example, rash AND vomiting.
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Exclude pages that are not relevant to your search by using NOT.
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- For example, vomit NOT blood.
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Search hits are highlighted to help you easily identify and locate the search hits in the documents retrieved.
If the results list does not contain the information you are looking for, refine the query until you locate the document you need.
