Search KU Website Tips

Our website's search function will return up to 20 results. You may need to refine your search if you cannot find your desired result. Please use these tips to find what you're looking for in less time. Use the following symbols to modify your search term or search function:

Symbol	Function
+	Finds webpages that contain all the terms that are preceded by the + symbol. Also allows you to include terms that are usually ignored.
" "	Finds webpages with content that exactly matches what you put in quotation marks.
()	Finds or excludes webpages that contain a group of words.
AND or &	Finds webpages that contain all the terms or phrases. AND must be all caps. If using &, do not put a space between & and the term you wish to include. Ex: search &testing* will return results with search and testing.*
NOT or –	Excludes webpages that contain a term or phrase. NOT must be all caps. if using -, do not put a space between the - and the term you wish to exclude. Ex: search -testing* will return results with search, but not testing*
OR or \|	Finds webpages that contain either of the terms or phrases. OR must be all caps.
INTITLE:	Finds webpages that contain the term in the page title. Ex: INTITLE:testing* will return pages with testing in the title.*
FILETYPE:	Returns only results matching the specific file type. Ex: FILETYPE:PDF* will return only PDF in results.*