• It is not necessary to use capitalization in a search.
• It is not necessary to punctuate. Apostrophes are ignored. All other punctuation marks are treated like a space.
• The ampersand and the word "and" are treated the same.
• Multiple words are searched as one phrase unless separated by Boolean operators (and, or, and not, near).
• When unsure of the spelling of a word, or to get several related words with one search (i.e. cook, cookery, cookbooks, etc.) use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.

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