This search engine helps you locate items on the Apologetics Press Web site. Here’s how it works. You tell the search service what you’re looking for by typing keywords or phrases in the search box. The search service responds by giving you a list of all the Web pages in our index related to those topics. The most relevant content will appear at the top of the results list.

1. Type keyword(s) in the search box.
2. Press the “Search” button to begin the search.

Example:

1. Type ark of Noah in the search box.
2. Press the Search button (or press the Enter key).
3. The results page will show you numerous pages on the Web about Noah’s ark.

[Tip: Don’t worry if you find a large number of results. Even though the number of results may be large, the most relevant content always will appear at the top of the result pages. To narrow your search results, consider a “phrase search” (see “What is a phrase?” below for assistance).]

Here’s a quick overview of the rest of our “Basic Help” section. Click on the links to jump to each section.

What is an index?
What is a word?
What is a phrase?
Are there any tips for more exact searches?
How do you include or exclude certain words?
How do you expand a search using wildcards (*)?

What is an index?

Webster’s dictionary describes an “index” as a sequential arrangement of material. The index consists of a large, growing, well-organized collection of our Web pages. When you use this search service, you search the entire collection (or any portion you may choose) using keywords or phrases.

What is a word?

When searching, think of a word as a combination of letters and numbers. The search service needs to know how to separate words and numbers to find exactly what you want on our site. You can separate words using spaces and tabs.

What is a phrase?

You can link words and numbers together into phrases if you want specific words or numbers to appear together in your results. If you want to find an exact phrase, use “double quotation marks” around the phrase when you enter words in the search box.

Example: To find the phrase “Garden of Eden” in any article on the site, type “Garden of Eden” in the search box (with double quotation marks). You also can create phrases using punctuation or special characters such as dashes, underscore lines, commas, or slashes.

Are there any tips for more exact searches?

Searches are case insensitive. Searching for “Fur” will match the lowercase “fur” and uppercase “FUR.”

How do you include or exclude certain words?

To make sure that a specific word always is included in your search topic, place the plus (+) symbol before the key word in the search box. To make sure that a specific word is always excluded from your search topic, place a minus (-) sign before the keyword in the search box.

Example: To find a document that contains the words “creation” and “animals” but not “evolution,” try “+creation +animals -evolution”.

How do you expand a search using wildcards (*)?

By typing an asterisk (*) at the end of a keyword, you can search for the word with multiple endings.

Example: Try wish*, to find wish, wishes, wishful, wishbone, and wishy-washy.

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