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Anheuser-Busch Beer Steins Search Form
Have only a description of the stein and don't know the issue number or series the stein is
in? This is the page for you! This form will allow you to search my entire site for any
word or words. See below for searching tips.
| Word |
Symbol |
Description |
| AND |
& |
AND links two or more
terms together to narrow a search. Only pages containing all the terms listed
will produce a successful result. For example, Nostradamus AND prophesy
will return results with both the term Nostradamus and the term prophesy
in the pages. |
| OR |
| |
OR links two terms
and collects all documents that include either term. For example, searching
for design OR "graphic arts" will bring up pages containing one or both
terms. |
| NOT |
! |
The NOT or ! operator
will search for records that contain the query term that precedes it, but
do not contain the term that follows it. For example, searching for boxers
NOT shorts will produce documents related to pugilists without mistakenly
giving you articles about trousers that do not descend below the knee. |
| complex queries |
( ) |
Each of the Boolean
operators described above will work on either a simple search term or
a more complex query marked by parentheses. This allows you to construct
very powerful queries. For example,
"bed and breakfast"
AND ((grapes AND California) OR "wine country")
((hacker OR programmer)
NOT "part time") AND (design OR "graphic arts")
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| quotation marks |
" " |
Quotation marks (" ") are used to denote exact phrases. For example,
a search on "New York Times" will match only documents
containing the words as an exact phrase. It will not find pages with
the words used in different orders, such as "New times in York!". |
| plus operator |
+ |
The plus operator ( + ) placed before a word or phrase requires that
all returned pages contain that search term. For example, JFK
+CIA will return only pages mentioning the CIA, but pages that
also mention JFK will be ranked higher in the results. |
| minus operator |
- |
The minus operator ( - ) placed before a word or phrase excludes all
documents containing that search term. For example, searching for
"Three Musketeers" -candy will help you find Web pages about
the book and the movies without mistakenly getting articles about the
candy bar.. |
Wildcards let you search for patterns of characters in words. The * (asterisk) symbol
matches 0 or more characters; the ? (question mark) symbol matches one character. For
example, the query *man will return documents containing the words man, woman, Spiderman,
Oman, and so on, while the query car? will return documents containing words like cart,
card, care, and Cary. Remember that the search string must contain at least three adjacent
characters, including wildcard characters. You can place wildcards anywhere in the search
string, and you can use multiple wildcards in a single word. A word to the wise: Use
wildcards for unusual strings, such as names or variant forms of unusual words, and
avoid strings such as *ed, *ing, or *and* like the plague.
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