New Zealand Refugee Law -

RefNZ


Intelligent Searching of the Database

Contents of headnotes

To perform an intelligent search you should have some idea of what you are likely to find. Each headnote in the database contains the following:

Queries

To search this database, use queries which contain specific search terms, preferably with a narrow focus. Where appropriate use Boolean terms, eg:

Iran, women
procedure <and> adjournment
extortion <or> Sendero Luminoso
Exclusion <not> Article 1F a

Search terms such as "persecution" and "well-founded fear" occur in every headnote, and therefore will not be helpful.

Other methods to define a search are to use: