| Action | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| "" | Using quotation marks around two or more terms returns products containing the exact phrase. |
"child custody" returns products containing the exact phrase "child custody" anywhere in the text |
| AND | The AND operator returns products containing both terms or phrases. (Case sensitive.) |
child AND custody returns products containing the words "child" and "custody" anywhere in the text |
| OR | The OR operator returns products containing either of the terms or phrases. (Also used as default if no connector is entered. Case sensitive.) |
child OR custody or child custody returns products containing the word "child" or the word "custody" anywhere in the text |
| + | The "+" or required operator excludes products that do not contain the term or phrase after the "+" symbol. |
+"child custody" hearing returns products that must contain the phrase "child custody" and may contain the word "hearing" |
| NOT | The NOT operator excludes products that contain the term or phrase after NOT. (Case sensitive.) |
"child custody" NOT "child welfare" returns products that contain the phrase "child custody" but not the phrase "child welfare" |
| () | Use parentheses to group clauses to form sub queries allowing more complex searches. |
("child custody" OR "child welfare") AND hearing returns products that contain the phrase "child custody" and the term "hearing" or contain the phrase "child welfare" and the term "hearing" |
| * | The asterisk (*) symbol can be used as a wildcard to look for 0 or more characters in a term, following the point of insertion. (May not be used as the first character in a search.) |
child* AND custody returns products that contain the terms "child" or "child's" or "children" or "children's" and the term "custody" |
| ~n | Use the tilde (~) symbol at the end of a phrase to do a proximity search for the terms contained in the phrase, defining how many words appear between them. |
"child custody"~6 returns products that contain the terms "child" and "custody" within six words of each other |
| ^n | Boost the relevance of a term or phrase by using the caret (^) symbol with a boost factor (a number) at the end of the term or phrase you are searching. |
"child custody"^5 "child welfare" sorts search results so products containing the phrase "child custody" are weighted as five times more relevant than products containing the phrase "child welfare" |