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page contains World Public Library's user help document.
Query syntax help
and samples
Simple queries:
Sherlock or Holmes
Phrase queries:
"Sherlock Holmes" or "sherlock holmes" (Search
results are not case sensitive)
Boolean queries:
AND, + (both Sherlock and Holmes in the same
document):
Sherlock AND Holmes — Sherlock +Holmes — Sherlock
Holmes
OR, || (either Sherlock or Holmes or both in
the same document):
Sherlock OR Holmes — Sherlock || Holmes
NOT, - (the documents contain Sherlock but not
Holmes):
Sherlock NOT Holmes — Sherlock -Holmes
Wildcards:
? (a single character wildcard): test? — tes?t
— ?test
* (a multiple character wildcard): test* — tes*t
— *test (a bit slow)
Field search:
title:Bible — title:(New Testament) (multiple
words in a field)
alternative:Autumn (alternative title, subtitle,
native language title)
friendlytitle:Blake (title + creator)
creator:Wilde (author, creator)
contributor:Lewis (author, creator, editor,
photographer etc.)
language:eng (language codes)
type:(Music Sheet) (dc:type)
type:(Audio Book)
subject:Tarzan (dc:subject)
description:Images (dc:description)
extent:579866 (file extent in bytes)
format:*mp3* (file format)
tableOfContents:Wagner (the table of contents)
publisher:project