Search for phrases and multiple terms
Learn how to search for phrases and multiple terms in eHive.
Search for phrases with plain double quote marks
If you are searching for a phrase (multiple terms) such as receipt book, you must surround the words with plain double quotation marks to retrieve records that have that exact phrase. That is, "receipt book".
Searching for receipt book without the quotation marks would retrieve records that contain either the word book or the word receipt, or both words anywhere in the record.
Similarly, if you’re searching for words or numbers separated by punctuation, for example mass-produced or 06/097/100, you must surround these terms in quotes, otherwise your results will include records which contain any part of the term.
Note: Don't use Microsoft “smart quotes” (the curled quotes) for phrase searches. Devices such as iPads often default to smart quotes. You can select and hold to choose plain quotes. Or you can change your device settings. On iOS these options are under Settings > General > Keyboards > Smart Punctuation (turn off).
Search for multiple terms with AND and OR
If you are searching for multiple words, but not for an exact phrase, you can use AND and OR to combine your search terms in different ways.
Here are some examples.
flying AND school
Searches for records with both the words flying and school. AND must be written in capital letters.
+flying +school
An alternative to AND. There is no space between the plus signs and the words that follows them.
flying OR school
Searches for records with either the words flying or school, or both flying and school. OR must be written in capital letters.
flying NOT school
Searches for records with the word flying but not the word school. NOT must be written in capital letters.
flying -school
An alternative to NOT. There is no space between the minus sign and the word that follows it.
