Searching for Phrases
To run a keyword search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in double quotes.
Only the exact terms within the quotes are searched, no matter which search mode is selected.
Example: Phrase search matches exact terms
The query
"merger agreement" will not hit on a document
that only contains the sentence:
Mutual merger agreements have been signed.
The reason is the document does not contain the exact term agreement.
When searching for phrases, stop words are also searched.
Example: Phrases and stop words
The query "merger and agreement" will match only documents containing the exact phrase merger and agreement even though and is a stop word.
The query "and" with no other terms in the quotes will not return any documents. A single term enclosed in quotes is interpreted as a plain exact match search, and plain exact match searches ignore stop words.