Search Methods

McCoyPottery Online Search supports a number of different methods for performing searches.

Description Search

Simply describe the information that you want. For example, "The history of McCoy Pottery."

Question Search

Ask a question that you want answered. For example, "How do I find out more about Nelson McCoy?"

Keyword Search

List important keywords relevant to your search topic. For example, "mccoy brush planters jardines lancaster"

Boolean Keyword Search

Refine a keyword search using boolean operators.

Symbol	Meaning	Action
&	AND	Finds only documents containing all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "mccoy & pottery" finds documents with both the word "mccoy" and the word "pottery".
|	OR	Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. For example, "mccoy | pottery" finds documents containing either "mccoy" or "pottery". The found documents could contain both, but do not have to.
!	AND NOT	Excludes documents containing the specific word or phrase. For example, "mccoy ! pottery" finds documents containing "mccoy" but not containing "pottery". As with the & and | operators, ! must appear between two terms.
[ ]	Grouping	Used to group portions of boolean queries together for more complicated queries. For example, "mccoy & [brush | lancaster] ! pottery" finds documents containing "mccoy" and either "brush" or "lancaster but not "pottery".

Similar Document Search

After you perform an initial search, every matching document description will contain a "More like this" link that allows you to automatically search for similar documents.