Using AND narrows a search by combining terms; it will retrieve results that use all the search terms you specify

[ red AND white AND blue ] finds items containing all three terms in any order

Using OR broadens a search to include results that contain either/any of the words you enter

[ red OR blue ] finds items containing red or blue or both

Using NOT will narrow a search by excluding results that contain certain terms you enter

[ NOT red ] finds all items which do not contain red

Finds search term(s) entered, while omitting results containing words following the AND NOT designator

[ white AND NOT red ] finds items which contain white but do not contain red

Double quotes around the search term define an exact phrase to be matched.

Double quotes override other Boolean functions.

[ "Real Good Toys" ] finds only records containing the exact phrase Real Good Toys.

To use double quotes within a search term, prefix them with a backslash. [ 1/4\" Bungalow Kit ]

Parentheses around multiple search conditions will cause them to be evaluated together

[ red AND (white OR blue) ] finds items which contain red and either white or blue

Wildcard represents zero or more unspecified characters or words at the beginning or end of a word

[ red* ] finds red, reddish, red house, etc.

[ *red ] finds red, admired, brick red, etc.