Look for a phrase.
Example - type Templeton Foundation to find the exact phrase Templeton Foundation. Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent to templeton foundation.

Look for two or more words at once by using the AND operator.
Example - type college AND character to find documents that have both the word college and the word character anywhere.

Look for words that are close to each other by using the NEAR operator instead of the AND operator. When you use NEAR, the closer together the words are, the higher the rank of the page, so the higher it appears in the list of search results.
Example - type college NEAR character to match documents where the word college is within 50 words of the word character.

Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator. Note that if you don't use the OR operator and search using multiple words, the words are treated as a phrase.
Example - type college OR character to find the word college or the word character, but not necessarily both.

Limit your search by using the AND NOT operator to exclude words.
Example - type college AND NOT character to find all instances of college, as long as college is not followed by the phrase character.

Use double quotes if you want to use AND, OR, NOT, or NEAR literally.
Example - type "houses near parks" to find documents with the phrase houses near parks. Without the double quotes, this query would use the NEAR operator instead of the phrase.

Use a single asterisk (*) to look for words that begin with the same letters.
Example - type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.

Use a double asterisk (**) to look for all forms of a word.
Example - type fly** to match fly, flew, flown, and flying.