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Searching tips

1. Criteria could be a sub string, a word or a phrase and may contain other operators like "AND", "OR", "NEAR", etc.

2. “*” or blank entry in the search criteria field indicates “ALL”, that is indexed pages within the service, data in the database, etc.

3. Use wildcard, prefix or postfix to broaden search. For example, type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.

4. Search for words close to each other with the keyword NEAR, rather than AND. For example, system AND manager and system NEAR manager, will look for the words system and manager on the same page. But with NEAR, the returned pages are ranked in order of proximity: The closer together the words are, the higher the rank of that page.

5. Refine search queries with the AND NOT operators to exclude or include keywords. For example, if you want to find all instances of surfing but not the Net, type the following: surfing AND NOT the Net

6. Find all instances of either one word or another or both with the OR operator without indicating "OR" in the query string. For example: Training Truism Travel

7. Enclose a phrase in a quotation to find an exact phrase. For instance:
   "3 Obafemi Awolowo Way"

8. Enter substring, keyword, phrase in any of the filters (Establishment name, City/state, Operators, etc) to narrow search results. For example in City/state filter, you can enter “*un” and check the “AND” operator to ensure that search result matchesoutcome that includes "Osun” and “Ogun” states and your search criteria.