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Symbol Translation Use
& And To concatenate two phrases
Eg. Blue and Green
^ Within To search for a phrase within a number of words
from another phrase
Eg. Blue ^10 of green
(look for blue within 10 words of green)
| Or To look for this phrase or that phrase
(shift + Eg. Blue | green
backslash) (look for blue or green)
- Not To look for this phrase but not that phrase
Eg. Blue – green
(look for blue but not green)
* Wildcard This is used when you are looking for a phrase
tha may be contained within a larger phrase.
Eg. *4567*
(look for any occurrence where 4567 are found
togherther. It will pick up 34567, 45678, 4567. If
the number was just 34567 and you didn’t use
any wildcards, you would not find this occurrence.
Standards/Samples for Keyword Searching
Item Use
Reports Standard Term XXX-###-YY (for all reports since 2006)
(eg. CLD-001-08)
XXX-#-YY (previous years- inconsistent)
(eg. WD-1-05 or PSD-100-04)
Minutes Resolutions
Council C-###-YY (eg. C-100-08) – post 1979
C-yy-### (eg. C-77-23) – pre 1979
GPA GPA-###-YY (eg. GPA-100-08)
By-laws Standard Term By-law (not bylaw or by law)
Standard YYYY-### (for Clarington since 2000)
Numbering (eg. 2008-001)
YY-## (pre 2000)
#### (pre amalgamation)
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