Search
You may search the entire site, or select specific search areas. Note: Searches are boolean and are not case sensitive.
Instructions and Tips
To search the web site:
Enter a keyword, several keywords, or a phrase in the Search For box. To enter several keywords, separate them with commas (,). To enter a phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks ("").
The Search button activates the search.
General Search Tips
Searches are not case sensitive.
Separate multiple keywords with commas (,).
Put phrases in quotation marks ("").
Select a specific area to search when looking for specific information, know where you want to look, or want more control over your search.
Boolean Search Tips
If you enter dog AND cat AND mouse, the search only returns the documents containing all 3 words.
Use AND to return all documents that contain the words you specified in the Search for field. For example, entering DOT AND policy will return all documents containing both DOT and policy.
Use OR to return all documents that contain at least one of the words you specified in the Search for field. For example, entering DOT OR policy will return all documents containing DOT or policy, or both.
Use NOT to return all documents that contain the first word you entered in the Search for field, but not the second word you entered. For example, entering DOT NOT policy will return all documents containing DOT but not policy.
Search Help
Search the web site by entering a keyword, several keywords, or a phrase. Results are measured by documents scores; the higher the score, the more likely the document will match the specified search criteria.
You can specify the following criteria for the specific search:
Search for: Type a word or phrase in this field to represent the text you want to search for in the specific area(s) you previously selected. Follow these rules for specifying your search text:
To search for multiple words, separate each word with a comma (,). For example, if you specify time, manage, search will return all documents containing the words time or manage. Additionally, it will return all documents containing variations of these words, such as timely and management.
To search for an exact word or phrase, enclose the word or phrase in quotation marks (""). For example, if you specify "time manage" as your search query, search will return a list of all documents that contain the phrase "time manage".
The search is a Boolean search. You can use the traditional AND, OR, and NOT operators to modify your search. For more details read the Boolean search tips below.
Search: Selecting the Search button will activate the search.
Example
To search for the words energy, satellite, and acoustic follow these steps:
Enter the following in the Search for field:
energy, satellite, acoustic
Select Search. If any documents contain the words energy or satellite or acoustic (or variations of these words), search will return a list of those documents.
Search Results
The Search returns a list of all HFCC pages containing words that match your search query. The result listing includes the following information about each matching page:
- the title of the page in bold text
- the link/URL to the page
- the score (how closely the page matches your query)
- the size of the page
- the date the page was last modified