Use Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks for words that must appear together in order to get better results.

If You Use Words From Our Red Navigation Bar
Include that word in a phrase and put quotation marks around the words. If you don't, you'll receive results from every page in our web site (and that's hundreds of pages). For example, if you enter the word Vermont, which is a clickable link in our red navigation bar, you'll receive search listings from every page of our website. What is it about Vermont that you want to know? For example, "Vermont schedule" will yield 8 pages of results rather than hundreds.

Another example is blood vs. "blood supply":
The word blood appears on every page of our web site (it's in our address footer, our name header, the navigation bar, etc.). Entering only the word blood will yield search results of hundreds of pages. Entering the words (with quotation marks), "blood supply", will yield search results of less than a dozen pages.

Check Spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. The search engine will look for exact matches of whatever word(s) you entered, even if they are spelled incorrectly.

If you are using our advanced search, and sound-alike matching is turned on, the search engine will attempt to find similar words.

Use Appropriate Capitalization Or All Lower Case
Lower-case words will match any case. If you capitalize words, the search engine will look for an exact match and will not return any results that contain a lower-case version of the word(s).

Use Wildcards
If you are uncertain about spelling, use the asterisk in combination with letters. For example, Wh* will return results such as Whitley, Whop, Wheathersfield. You can also do something like this if necessary: *agin*. Results might include words such as raging, averaging, bandaging.