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Searching tips
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.
Barcode Lookup
Enter or scan the item's barcode label to lookup the full details of the item. For books, the barcode label is normally located on the inside of the front cover.
Note: This is not the same as the ISBN number on the book's back cover!
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