Simple Queries The query: librar* will return all documents that contain ``library,'' ``libraries,'' or ``librarian.'' The query: mouse and computer will return only those documents regarding the kind of mice attached to a computer and not the rodents. The query: cat or kitten or feline will return only those documents regarding cats. The query: mouse or mice and not computer will return only those documents regarding mice (the rodents) and not the kind attached to a computer. The query: mouse and computer or keyboard is the same as: (mouse and computer) or keyboard in that they will both return only those documents regarding either mice attached to a computer or any kind of keyboard. However, neither of those is the same as: mouse and (computer or keyboard) that will return only those documents regarding mice and either a computer or a keyboard. Queries Using Meta Data The query: author = carroll will return only documents in which the META author attribute contains "carroll". The query: author = stevenson treasure will return only those documents whose author attribute contains "stevenson" and also regarding treasure. The query: author = (lewis carroll) will return only those documents whose author is Lewis Carroll. The query: author = (lewis carroll) or wonderland will return only those documents whose author is Lewis Carroll or that contain the word "wonderland" anywhere in the document regardless of the author. Stemming The search will perform stemming on your query words -- that is, suffixes will be stripped in order to match different forms of the same word. Words that end in *, the wildcard character, will not be stemmed.