This search works in a similar way to Google. Search for specific words or "phrases", optionally excluding others. Here are some searching examples:
| apple banana (default) | finds records that contain both words, anywhere and in any order. This is the default "AND" search. |
| apple AND banana | same as above. Finds records that contain both words, anywhere and in any order. However, there is no need to include "AND" operator between words. |
| apple* (default) | finds "apple", "apples", "applesauce", and "applet". There is no need to append the " * " wild-card suffix in your searches. |
| "some words" | wrapping your search words in quotation marks treats them as an entire phrase. Finds records that contain "some words of wisdom", but not "some strange words". |
| apple OR juice | finds records that contain either of these words, or both. Using the "OR" operator will return more results than the default "AND" search. |
| apple -macintosh | optionally exclude certain words. Finds records with "apple" but not "macintosh". |
| apple NOT macintosh | same as using "-", finds records with "apple" but not "macintosh". |
Note: There are several commonly words that will be ignored in a search. These words are called "Stop Words" and offer little or no benefit to a search. Stop words include "A", "An", "And", "For", "Has", "He, "Her", The", "Them", etc.