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Logical Operators
You can use Boolean Operators (and, or, not) in searching. Without these operators, the search engine will assume you're putting the term "and" between each search term. The operators are case sensitive -- use lowercase ONLY.
"shipbuilding and Bath not navy"
retrieves first the files that contain both the words "shipbuilding" and "Bath"; then among those, it retrieves the ones that do not contain the word "navy"
Truncation
The only wildcard available at this time is (*), however it can only be used at the end of a word. Usage at the beginning or in the middle of the word will yield no results. The query:
librarian*
retrieves librarians, librarianship, etc. along with librarian.
Order of Evaluation
Expressions are always evaluated left to right.
However it is always possible to force the order of evaluation by using parenthesis. For example:
"granite not (rockland and vinalhaven)"
retrieves files with "granite" and containing neither "rockland" nor "vinalhaven".