Description
Keyword
Search for all words tat begin with this value.
keywords-begin
Language, such as Spanish, that the book is written in.
language
Book’s publication date.
pubdate
Name of the book’s publisher.
publisher
Find books with the specified word in their subject description.
subject
Find books whose subject description begins with this word or character.
subject-begins
Find books whose subject description begins with these words
subject-words-begin
Title of the book.
title
Title of the book begins with this value exactly. This value does not mean
"begins with," it means "begins." For the example, if the value is "I", the book,
"I Lied," would be returned; the book, "Isabel," would not be returned.
title-begins
Title of the book begins with this word.
title-words-begin
Power Search Operators
The following table describes the Power search queries operators that you use to build queries.
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Excludes the following parameter from the results,
for example, subject:history and not military,
excludes military history in the results.
not
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.
and
Exclusive 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.
or
Used as an equals sign, for example,
subject:history, searches for books whose subject
matter is history.
colon (:)
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.
parenthesis
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