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The following search examples have been prepared to illustrate the way Orbis searches and retrieves entries in your textbase. Scroll down to view sample entries A through Q that were searched with the results that are discussed below.
| Search Results: | All entries that contain the word Washington, whether Washington State, Washington DC, George Washington, or some other Washington. Entries about Washington that do not include the word itself would not be retrieved. Note that entries F and G cannot be found by the search string Washington. |
| Search String: | Washington* |
| Search Results: | All entries that contain the word Washington, and/or words that begin with Washington: Washington's, Washingtonian, or Washingtonians. |
| Search String: | Washington and state |
| Search Results: | All entries that contain the word Washington and the word State. This would include entry M as well as entries J and O. The program understands "and" to be the Boolean operator. By default, capitalization is not taken into account. |
| Search String: | Washington or state |
| Search Results: | Every entry that mentions Washington and every entry that mentions state, including every entry that mentions both. |
| Search String: | Washington xor state |
| Search Results: | Every entry that mentions Washington and every entry that mentions state, except entries that mention both. |
| Search String: | Washington or Spokane not DC |
| Search Results: | All entries that contain either the word Washington or the word Spokane, except for those entries that contain the word DC. |
| Search String: | State of the Union |
| Search Results: | All entries that contain the phrase "State of the Union" would be retrieved. Entry M would be returned. Entry P would not be returned. |
| Search String: | "Washington and Oregon" |
| Search Results: | All entries that contain the phrase "Washington and Oregon" would be retrieved. Entry E would be returned. Note that it is necessary to use the quotes to signify that you are searching for the phrase. Without the quotes, Orbis would understand the "and" to be the Boolean operator. |
| Search String: | Washington /and Oregon |
| Search Results: | All entries that contain the phrase "Washington and Oregon" would be retrieved. Entry E would be returned. Entering a forward slash before the word "and" indicates that the word "and" is part of the phrase, not a Boolean operator. The results of this search would be exactly the same as the previous search. |
| Search String: | (Washington and Oregon) or (Idaho and Montana) |
| Search Results: | Every entry that mentions both Washington and Oregon (but not those that mention only Washington or only Oregon), and every entry that mentions both Idaho and Montana (but not those that mention only Idaho or only Montana). Entry E would be returned. |
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| A | Washington is farther north than Tokyo, but winter is not much colder in Seattle than it is in Tokyo. |
| B | Because it is located inland within a basin, Kyoto is colder in winter and hotter in summer than Osaka, which is located on a bay only 50km southwest of Kyoto. |
| C | Spokane (located inland east of the Cascades) and Sapporo (on the northern island, Hokkaido) have quite similar winters, but Sapporo is cooler in summer. |
| D | For much of their routes, Sapporo's subway lines actually run above ground in transparent tubes that prevent snow accumulation-and block sound. |
| E | The Cascade mountain range runs from the southern edge of British Columbia through Washington and Oregon into northern California. |
| F | Washingtonians would have to drive over an hour to reach the low mountains of Shenandoah. m |
| G | Most Washingtonians live or work within view of spectacular mountains.m |
| H | Washington's Mt. Vernon overlooks the Potomac. |
| I | Washington's Mt. Vernon is located on a bend in the Skagit river. |
| J | Many foreigners are not aware that there is a state called Washington on the West Coast, while the capital of the U.S., Washington, DC, is on the East Coast. m |
| K | The sound of a shakuhachi being played in a deep sugi forest north of Kyoto is one of the most enrapturing-and eerie-sounds I've ever heard. |
| L | Puget Sound could be compared to Japan's Seto Naikai (Seto Inland Sea). However, the former has essentially one outlet to the sea (the Strait of Juan de Fuca), while the latter has access to the sea at three points (Kii-suido, Bungo-suido, and Kammon-kaikyo). |
| M | The President gave his State of the Union address in Washington last night. m |
| N | Washington, DC, is served by three major airports. |
| O | Washington is the only U.S. state named after a President. m |
| P | The teacher's union is planning a membership campaign in Washington State. |
| Q | Each state is represented in the United States Senate by two senators. |
See also:
Search Strings
Search operators: and, or , xor, not
Parentheses: (...)
Wildcard character: *
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