The kovels.com search engine uses most of the standard search techniques. Here are the most common ones you may want to use:
Search for exact phrases using quotation marks (" ") Typing "advertising" or "toy" will find items with those exact words in sequence.
Use the minus sign (-) to narrow your search
Entering porcelain-doll, tells the search engine to include the word porcelain but not doll. Don't forget - there's no space after the sign (e.g. -, -doll).
Use a wildcard (*) for multiple endings
By typing an * (asterisk symbol) at the end of a word, you can search for items with multiple endings. For example: Glass B* would return items such as Glass Blown, Glass Bohemian.
Search Command Chart
Here is a summary of the advanced search commands available to you:
To search for:
Use the Command:
Example:
One word AND another
Use space between words
sterling silver Returns articles with the words sterlingandsilver in the story
One word OR another
(word 1,word 2) Attention: No spaces after the comma!
(sterling,silver)
Returns all articles with the words sterlingorsilver in the story
One word BUT NOT another
-NotWord
(minus symbol) Notice: No spaces after the minus sign!
books -radio
Returns items containing the word books but will exclude all items containing the word radio in the story
