Refining Searches
In many instances, a search produces a results list that is far too long to
skim for the information you seek. You can narrow down a search by combining
search terms with the AND or ACCRUE operators. In effect, these operators impose
more stringent conditions that documents must fulfill in order to appear in the
results list.
AND Operator
The AND operator finds pages that match all terms in the query. If any of the search terms is not contained in a
document, that document does not appear in the results list. For example, if you are
interested in business loans you can issue the query:
ACCRUE Operator
The ACCRUE operator finds pages that match any terms in the query. When the ACCRUE operator is used, the Verity search
engine calculates the number of times that the terms appear in the document. The
more instances found, the higher the document appears in the results list.
The syntax for the ACCRUE operator is a sequence of search terms separated by
commas. For example:
