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Developer Guide (API Version 2011-08-01)
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Power Search Operators

The following table describes the Power search queries operators that you use to build queries.

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notExcludes the following parameter from the results, for example, subject:history and not military, excludes military history in the results.
and Specifies that both values must be true to be selected. For example, subject:history and (Spanish and Mexican), requires that the books selected contain both Spanish and Mexican history.
orExclusive or which means one of either item but not both. For example subject:history and (Spanish or Mexican), means the subject matter can be about the history of Spain or Mexico, but not both.
colon (:)Used as an equals sign, for example, subject:history, searches for books whose subject matter is history.
parenthesis

Groups terms to clarify operations, for example, subject: history and (spain or mexico) Without the parentheses, you would search for books about Spanish history or Mexico. With parentheses, you search for books about Spanish history and Mexican history.

asterisk (*)

Stands for zero or more alphanumeric characters, for example, keywords:high%20tech* Some of the keywords used in a search would be "high tech," "high technology," and "high technologies." Use the asterisk to generalize your search.

Quotation marks (“ “)

Specifies an exact match of the word(s) within the quotes, for example, keywords:"Saving Miss Oliver's"