You can access both a simple search form and an extended search form in the Search menu. Both forms allow you to specify a search query which is then submitted to the Hyper-G server.
The search query consists of words separated by operators. The OR operator may be specified by '|', or, or oder (case-insensitive). The AND operator is specified with '&', and, or und (case-insensitive). A space is interpreted as an AND operator for Title and Keyword Search, and as an OR operator for Content Search. The ANDNOT operator may be specified by '&!', andnot, or undnicht (case-insensitive).
Search terms may be truncated with an asterisk, e.g. "hyper*".
Brackets may be used to form the query (e.g. '(TU Graz) | (TU Wien)' ).
The scope of the search can be the whole server or may be focused on a particular collection (including its subcollections), which does not have to reside on the same Hyper-G server.
The search forms allow you to specify two types of searching: