Search Tips Medicare NHIC, Corp. utilizes the power of Google to provide you with an easier and faster way of accessing information on our web site. This page provides tips on how to create queries that would produce the best search results. The Basics A query is simply a description of information that you need. The Search tool will search for documents that are a best match for the words in your query. It will also search for documents that are about the same concepts that your query describes. Sometimes the search will bring back articles that don't mention any of the words in your original query. Don't worry about providing too many words—the more words, the better. Additional words will help the Search figure out what concepts you're really interested in. On the other hand, the Search will do a pretty good job of figuring out what documents are interesting to you even if your query is unclear. For example, let's say you're searching a Web site for documents about bone mass measurements. You would type in: Bone Mass Measurements If you have a particular question about bone mass measurements, for example: how often screening tests are available for bone mass measurements, you would type in: How often screening tests for bone mass measurements Even if there are no documents that are actually about how often there are screening tests, the Search will still show you documents on bone mass measurements. Search Query Tips Our search tool offers numerous options for making your searches more precise and useful. You could easily improve your search results by adding operators to your search terms or by using our advanced search tool. Here are some suggestions for getting the best search results: ·
Use More Words · Use “+” to require words · Use “-“ to exclude words · Synonym Search · You can use the AND, OR, NOT, and AND NOT, and quotation marks “”.
Advanced Search The advanced search page gives you the power the specify search keywords exactly how you want them. You can do a lot more with search than just typing in keywords. With Advanced Search, you can search for pages that fall under the following criteria: contains ALL the search terms you type in contains the exact phrase you type in contains at least one of the words you type in does NOT contain any of the words you type in documents in a certain file format documents that have been updated within a certain period of time documents within a certain site (Part B, DME or Beneficiaries) 06/17/08 |