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Following is a list of operators available to help refine your search. Remember to enclose operators in quotation marks when searching for entries which include an operator itself as text (for example, "OR" for Oregon, "All" American Shoes). Please also note that some search terms require a space before and / or after them to operate correctly. Please also note that some search terms require a space before and / or after them to operate correctly.

AND (+) The search terms must occur together in the field for a match.
OR (,) Either one or both of the search terms must occur in the field for a match.
NOT (#) Use NOT to locate all documents that do not contain the search term. You can also use NOT with AND and OR, (for example Boston AND NOT Brookline).
WITHOUT This is the same as AND NOT.
* Use the asterisk to replace any number of characters in the search term with a wild card, (for example SMITH* or *BURG). You can include only two asterisks per search term.
? Use the question mark to replace one character in the search term, (for example, SM?TH). You can include as many occurrences as you want.
< x Searches for less than x.
> x Searches for greater than x.
<= x Searches for less than or equal to x.
>= x Searches for greater than or equal to x.
x TO y Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
x .. y Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
<> x Searches for not equal to x.
NONE Searches for all documents for which this field is empty.
ALL Searches for all documents that contain data in this field.

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