Power Search Operators
The following table describes the Power search queries operators that you use to build queries.
| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|---|---|
| not | Excludes the following parameter from the results, for example, subject:history and not military, excludes military history in the results. |
| and | Specifies that both values must be true to be selected. For example, subject:history and (Spanish and Mexican), requires that the books selected contain both Spanish and Mexican history. |
| or | Exclusive or which means one of either item but not both. For example subject:history and (Spanish or Mexican), means the subject matter can be about the history of Spain or Mexico, but not both. |
| colon (:) | Used as an equals sign, for example, subject:history, searches for books whose subject matter is history. |
| parenthesis |
Groups terms to clarify operations, for example,
|
| asterisk (*) |
Stands for zero or more alphanumeric characters, for
example, |
| Quotation marks (“ “) |
Specifies an exact match of the word(s) within the quotes,
for example, |