# How to search with SwishCtl

It's easy! Just type the word or words you are looking for into the query: box and press enter.

In order to: |
Restrict your search to particular years: | enter the years into the from: and to: boxes
Search for a phrase: | put your phrase in double quotes eg: "some words"
Return to your list of query results: | click the back button on your browser
Perform complex queries: | use Boolean queries with and, or and (parentheses)
Find a particular decision | just enter the decision number into the query field in the format number/year
Find a words that start with a letter or letters | use an asterisk eg:word* will find files containing containing "word", "words" etc