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Use the Search Bar at the top of every page to conduct searches.

Basic Rules

Typing words (e.g. shelter Portland) searches for pages containing both “shelter” and “Portland.”

Using Quotes " " searches for an exact phrase. For example "Central City Concern"

Case insensitive: Shelter = shelter

Boolean Operators

AND         shelter AND housing      Both terms must appear
OR          shelter OR housing       Either term may appear
NOT         shelter NOT housing      Must include “Portland” but exclude “Eugene”
- (minus)   shelter -housing         Same as NOT
+ (plus)    +Portland +shelter       Both required (like AND)

Namespace and Category Searches


incategory:   incategory:"Services in Multnomah County"

prefix:       prefix:Portland                  Matches all pages starting with “Portland”
linksto:      linksto:"Category:Health_Care"   Finds pages that link to that page
intitle:      intitle:shelter                  Only pages with “shelter” in the title

Wildcards

(asterisk) can replace part of a word:

shel* finds shelter, shelters, sheltering, etc.

No full-page wildcards Can’t do *shelter

Complex Examples

Using Single Words Together

Try combining single words first, such as SHELTER PORTLAND WOMEN.

Find all shelters in Multnomah County:

Sometimes words overlap, such as city and county names. To get exact results with no unintended matches, use category-specific search terms:

[[Category:Multnomah County]] Shelter

Find all food services in Washington County:

[[Category:Food and Grocery Assistance]] [[Category:Washington County]]

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