Search MIRS Capitol Capsule
Use the form below to search the current or archived MIRS Capitol Capsule for specific words or combinations of words. The search engine will display a list of matching newsletters. Each list item is a link to a matching newsletter; if the newsletter has a title it will be shown, otherwise only the newsletter's title is displayed. A brief explanation of the query language is available, along with examples.
This list gives the rules for formulating queries:
- Multiple consecutive words are treated as a phrase; they must
appear in the same order within a matching document.
- Queries are case-insensitive, so you can type your query in
uppercase or lowercase.
- You can search for any word except for those in the exception list
(for English, this includes a, an, and, as, and other
common words), which are ignored during a search.
- Words in the exception list are treated as placeholders in phrase
and proximity queries. For example, if you searched for “Crime and Punishment”,
the results could give you “Crime or Punishment” and “Crime and
Punishment”, because or is a noise word and appears in the exception list.
- Punctuation marks such as the period (.), colon (:), semicolon
(;), and comma (,) are ignored during a search.
- To use specially treated characters such as &, |, ^, #, @, $,
(, ), in a query, enclose your query in quotation marks (“).
- To search for a word or phrase containing quotation marks, enclose
the entire phrase in quotation marks and then double the quotation marks around the word
or words you want to surround with quotes. For example, “World-Wide Web or
““Web””” searches for World-Wide Web or “Web”.
- You can use Boolean Operators (AND,
OR, and NOT) and the Proximity
Operator (NEAR) to specify additional search information.
- The Wildcard Character (*) can
match words with a given prefix. The query esc* matches the terms
“ESC,” “escape,” and so on.
Boolean and proximity operators can create a more precise query.
| To Search For |
Example |
Results |
| Both terms in the same page |
House and Senate
—Or—
House & Senate |
Pages with both the words
“house” and “senate” |
| Either term in a page |
police or sheriff
—Or—
police | sheriff |
Pages with the words “police”
or “sheriff” |
| The first term without the second term |
federal and not local
—Or—
federal and !local |
Pages with the word “federal”
but not “local” |
| Both terms in the same page, close
together |
civil near rights
—Or—
civil ~ rights |
Pages with the word “civil”
near the word “rights” |
Wildcard operators help you find pages containing words similar
to a given word.
| To Search For |
Example |
Results |
| Words with the same prefix |
comput* |
Pages with words that have the prefix
“comput,” such as “computer,” “computing,” and so on |
| Words based on the same stem word |
fly** |
Pages with words based on the same stem
as “fly,” such as “flying,” “flown,” “flew,” and
so on |
Use Free Text Queries if you want to enter queries using natural language. Index Server
will examine your query, extract nouns and noun phrases and construct a query for you.
With free text queries you can enter any text you want, from a proper question, to a
string of words and phrases, without worrying about the query language. For example, if
you type in the following query:
"Any House Bill concerning water rights"
Index Server will create a query for you automatically and begin the search. Note that
when you're using free text queries, the regular query language features are disabled and
keywords such as AND, OR, and NEAR are
interpreted as normal words.
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