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Search engine help

Searches are NOT case sensitive.

Use AND, OR, NOT, and/or NEAR to refine your search. For example:

• "vehicle AND ratings" will return documents that include both words
• "vehicle OR ratings" will return documents that include either word
• "vehicle NOT ratings" will return documents that include "vehicle" but will exclude documents containing "ratings"
• "vehicle NEAR ratings" will return documents that include "vehicle" within 50 words of "ratings"

Multiple consecutive words must all appear in the document to return a match. For example, searching for vehicle crash ratings would return all documents that contain all three of those words, in any order. To search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks.

The wildcard character "*" matches words with a given prefix. For example, searching on "veh*" will return matches for the terms "vehicle," "vehicles," and "vehicular."

News feed help

To subscribe to our news feed (news, Status Report newsletter, and special announcements), copy the URL below into your news reader:

  http://www.iihs.org/rss/topstories.xml

What are news feeds? News feeds are a free, easy way to receive news and content updates from your favorite websites. News feeds contain headlines, summaries, and links to full-length articles on the web.

What do I need to use news feeds? You will need a news reader (or aggregator) to display the news feeds from the websites you choose. Some news readers are web-based; others are small software programs downloaded onto your desktop. They enable you to view headlines from many websites in a single location.

Where can I download a news reader? A wide variety of news readers are available for download, many of which are free. Google and Yahoo maintain lists of news readers and links to download sites.

How do I subscribe to a feed? When you click on a news feed link, an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) document will open in your browser. To subscribe to the feed, copy the URL from the address bar of your browser and follow your news reader's directions for adding new subscriptions. Once you've subscribed, the news feed will display the headlines and alert you when new content is posted online.

Why should I use news feeds? News feeds allow you to see new information from the websites that interest you without having to visit each site to look for new content. News feeds can also free you from signing up for email news alerts that clog your email accounts or fall prey to spam blockers.

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