Boolean and fielded-search changes

The AND and OR Boolean operators are no longer supported in the quick search. All multi-word searches are “and” searches by default. Support for explicit AND and OR searches will be available with advanced search.

  • The words 'and' and 'or' and 'not' (lower-case) are ignored as stop-words and are not considered as part of your search. Currently, 'NOT' (upper-case) can be used to exclude a word, but 'AND' and 'OR' (upper-case) are ignored.
  • Minus (-) can be used as a prefix to exclude a word.
  • When more than 4 words are present, the search looks for items that include at least 4 of the words. Plus (+) as a prefix makes a word mandatory.
  • Quotes (" ") designate a phrase.

To search by Author or Title, click the arrow following the SEARCH button, then click the desired link. More options will be added to this search list in future updates.

To search by ckey, ISBN, ISSN, OCLC number, etc., just type in the number; no special characters or selections are required.