Search Syntax

The following examples show the search syntax used while performing search operations on hps.org:

• You cannot use an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?) symbol as the first character of a search!

Multiple Word Search

The following example shows how to search for documents having the words leadership and qualities in them:

leadership +qualities

The following example shows how to search for documents having the word leadership but not the word qualities in them:

leadership -qualities

Fuzzy Search

The following example shows how to search for documents containing words like leader, leaders, leadership:

leader~

Title Search

The following example shows how to search for documents with a title that begins with the word HPS:

title:HPS

The following example shows how to search for documents that contain the word HPS anywhere in the title except the beginning:

title:HPS?