Query syntax help and samples
Simple queries:
Sherlock
or
Holmes
Phrase queries:
"Sherlock Holmes"
or
"sherlock holmes"
(uppercase and lowercase has the same effect)
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:hu
(language codes) —
created:1996*
(when was the file created or released) —
type:(Music Sheet)
(dc:type) —
type:(Audio Book)
—
subject:Tarzan
(dc:subject) —
description:Images
(dc:description) —
extent:579866
(file extent in bytes) —
format:*xml*
(file format) —
otherformats:*zip*
(alternative formats) —
tableOfContents:Wagner
(the table of contents) —
publisher:project
(note: currently the only publisher is the PG) —
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