Boolean Operators

When you type more than one word into the Quick Query box the Boolean AND operator is used to separate the search words.

If you enter:

Mouse Rabbit Dog

Zoot searches for items containing all of the words:

Mouse AND Rabbit AND Dog

You may also enter the Boolean operators AND, OR, NEAR and NOT explicitly, as with:

Mouse NEAR Rabbit NEAR Dog NOT Elephant

To suppress Boolean operators, simply enclose the search phrase in quotes:

"The rabbit runs fast" OR "rabbit heaven"

Zoot also supports +/- in place of the AND/NOT operators:

Rabbit OR Dog +Mouse + Elephant +Fish

Cat AND Mouse -Dog -Fish -Bird

Notes:

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Zoot interprets the Boolean NEAR operator as being within a proximity of 5 words unless you specify a value using the following format: NEAR/8 (where 8 means within 8 words).

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You can combine Boolean operators. For example, Dog AND Rabbit OR Mouse is a valid search string. You can also combine search terms with multiple operators, as with Dog AND Rabbit AND Mouse AND Horse.