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General Search Tips
Improving your searches by using more words: As a general rule, the more words you use, the more accurate your search results will be. Amongst the most popular search engines on the Internet, the average search query is about two words. This tends to make the problem of returning the most relevant results more difficult to solve. By using more words, you will get a smaller set of search results that will be more relevant to you.

Using double quotation marks to search for phrases and proper names:
If you enclose two or more words in double quotation marks ("), your search terms will be treated as a phrase. A phrase forces the search engine to find the words you searched for in the same exact order on Web sites. For example, a search for golf clubs is the same as searching for golf AND clubs. In this case, sites where the words 'golf' and 'clubs' both exist on the site but not necessarily in the same order or next each other will be returned as matches. On the other hand, a search of "golf clubs" will only return Web sites that contained the two words adjacent to each other and in the same order. When searching for people, double quotation marks will help you refine the search results. For example, a search for George Washington will return sites containing the word 'George' and sites containing the word 'Washington' which is probably not what you wanted. A search for "George Washington" would more likely hit the mark.