Using the eSearchNet search engine

eSearchNet Search provides Simple and Advanced Search interfaces to help you find results matching your search query.

The Simple interface supports the following search criteria:

AND

Words in queries are combined with AND by default. Search for documents that contain the word cat and the word dog:

cat dog

NOT

Prefix words that you want to exclude from the query with a hyphen (-). Search for documents about the word "cat", but not the word "dog":

cat -dog

Phrases

Use double quotes (") to make phrases. Search for for documents that contain the phrase "cats and dogs":

"cats and dogs"

Search a specific site

Use site: to limit search results to a particular site. See the article on Search Fields for a complete list of all search fields you can use to narrow your query.

cats site:amazon.com

Eliminate a specific site

You can use the NOT operator in any field. Search for documents about cats on all sites EXCEPT google.com

cats site:(-google.com)

Search a list of sites

To limit your search to a list of sites, separate them using the OR operator (|).

cats site:(amazon.com|espn.go.com|cnn.com)

Grouping

Use parentheses to group terms. You can nest groups as well, e.g. "((a | b) c)". Search for documents containing the the word "cat" or the word "dog", and the word "control":

(cat | dog) control

Wildcards

Use "*" for a placeholder in phrases, e.g. "a * c" matches "a b c" or "a x c" but not "a c" or "a b b c". Search for documents that contain phrases matching "The cat [some word] on the bed":

"the cat * on the bed"

OR

Use "|" to do OR. Search for documents containing the word "cat" or the word "dog":

cat | dog

Using the Advanced Search interface

Advanced Search

You can find search results:

having "All of the words" entered, OR having "Any of the words' entered, OR having the "Exact Phrase" entered.

Set the number of results per page

Find results only from specific site / sites

ex: esearchnet.com (returns results only from esearchnet.com) or esearchnet.com,wikipedia.org,php.net (comma sepearated list to return results restricted to teh sites in the list)

Setting your Search preferences

Set Search Preferences

You can set the following preferences for all your searches:

Number of results returned: 10, 20, 30 or 50 results per page.

Adult content filtering: Turn off, Turn on or moderate filtering