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The FamilySearch Digital Library normally finds items (books and periodicals) that contain all specified words. The words are not necessarily close to one another. Use operators, wildcards, and field names for better control. | The FamilySearch Digital Library normally finds items (books and periodicals) that contain all specified words. The words are not necessarily close to one another. Use operators, wildcards, and field names for better control. | ||
=== Operators Searching === | |||
Operators provide greater flexibility. Search words can be upper- or lowercase, but operators must be uppercase. | Operators provide greater flexibility. Search words can be upper- or lowercase, but operators must be uppercase. | ||
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|'''Meaning''' | |'''Meaning''' | ||
|'''Example''' | |'''Example''' | ||
|'''Results<ref> | |'''Results<ref>Numbers of results as of 4 March 2020.</ref>''' | ||
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|AND | |AND | ||
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|10,922 | |10,922 | ||
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=== Field Name Operators Searching === | |||
Digital Library normally searches all the text of all books. Field operators restrict searching to matching titles, authors, subjects or other metadata fields. Specify the name of the field with a leading capital letter, a colon, and the word to search for. | Digital Library normally searches all the text of all books. Field operators restrict searching to matching titles, authors, subjects or other metadata fields. Specify the name of the field with a leading capital letter, a colon, and the word to search for. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|Title:descendants Title:hendricks | |Title:descendants Title:hendricks | ||
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|Creator.title | |Creator.title: | ||
|Search books from specified authors. | |Search books from specified authors. | ||
|Creator.title:allen Title:hendricks | |Creator.title:allen Title:hendricks | ||
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|Owning\ Institution:midwest | |Owning\ Institution:midwest | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Minus Sign with Operators === | |||
In addition to the other operators, the minus sign can be used with a field to return all books that do not have the word specified. | In addition to the other operators, the minus sign can be used with a field to return all books that do not have the word specified. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|Language:(-*) | |Language:(-*) | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Complex Combinations of Operators === | |||
Complex combinations of operators allow powerful searches. | Complex combinations of operators allow powerful searches. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||