Search Tips

The site search will return results based on the words entered.

Omitted Results

Some entries are omitted in order to show the most relevant search results. To view the search results page with the omitted entries, click on the link provided at the bottom of the search results page.

Basic Search

Use specific words or phrases to describe what you are looking for, such as:

domestic violence

For information on one or more related or unrelated topics:

education OR guardianship

Use quotation marks to return results that have an exact match for the word or phrase placed in quotes, such as:

"legal services"

Search Range

Search within a range of numbers such as finding pages containing years between 2005 through 2007:

2005..2007

Including or Excluding Words

Mandate the inclusion or exclusion of various search terms. This can be done by including - or + in the search query.

Inclusion Example

+food stamps

Return information about food stamps (as opposed to other types of stamps).

Exclusion Example

immigration -laws

Return all pages that contain the word "immigration," as long as they do not contain the word "laws."

Hyphenated Words

Return the search page with all forms of the term, whether spelled as a single word, a phrase or hyphenated.

family-custody

Restricting Search to Pages Where Query Words Appear

allinanchor: Return pages where all search terms are required to be a part of the anchor link to a page on the Web site.

allinanchor:domestic violence

inanchor: Return pages where the search term is required to be a part of the anchor link to a page on the Web site.

inanchor:immigration

allintext: Restrict results to those pages that only contain the search word or phrase as text in the body of the page.

allintext:disability

intext: The word entered must appear in the body of a page as text in order for results to be returned.

intext:pro bono opportunities

allintitle: All words must appear in the title of the page.

allintitle:news

intitle: The word entered must appear in the body of a page as text in order for results to be returned.

intitle:training

allinurl: All words must appear in the title of the page.

allinurl:news.aspx

inurl: The term must appear in the URL of the page.

allinurl:njsba.aspx