Search for exact phrases from either the Quick or Advanced search forms. Use the Search drop-down menu to access these forms.

Please note: When using the Advanced Search form, you can only use the following method in the second and third search boxes; it will not work in the first search box of the Advanced search form.

Search for an exact phrase by surrounding the terms with double quotation marks. This means that the exact text between the quotes is found. For Example: If you enter “lung cancer“, you retrieve the exact term. If you run the same search without the quotation marks, the search will be interpreted as an OR search.

Double quotes can also be used to search specifically for special characters which would otherwise be ignored.

Please note: Placing wildcards (? or *) inside quotation marks will not broaden your search. You will still only retrieve the results for the exact text terms.