Museum Advanced Search

Within search boxes:

• Search terms are automatically joined by AND
  (e.g. fishing boat finds fishing AND boat)
• Use / for OR
  (e.g. halibut / salmon)
• Use ! for NOT
  (e.g. halibut ! salmon)
• Use " " to search for a phrase
  (e.g. "gillnet boats")

Special characters:

• Use * for truncation
  (e.g. fish* finds fish, fishing, fisheries, etc.)
• Use >, <, >=, <= for greater or less than
  (e.g. >= 1999 finds dates from 1999 onwards)
• Use : to search a range
  (e.g. 1999:2003, example:sample)

More help is available.