Altavista: Required Terms

[Richard J. Smith]

Sarah,

Double check, it may only be in an advance search and there it wants AND, 
NOT, NEAR with an implied OR.

Rich

Richard J. Smith, Ph.D.
rjs at colosys.net
(970) 945-2826
http://www.colosys.net/~rjs/



On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, Sarah Nesbeitt, Maxwell Library wrote:

> I've noticed something odd when performing a simple query in AltaVista -
> specifically when specifying that terms be required in the search results
> by preceding them with a + sign.  The AltaVista help file states that
> terms will be required in search results by using a + before them, or
> removed when preceded by a - (minus sign).  However, search results don't
> bear this out; in fact, it acts as if no sign was placed in front of the terms
> at all.