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Searching For Any Specified Words or Phrases

You can search for items that contain at least one of the words or phrases you type in the Search box. To do so, type OR between the words or phrases.

If you search for words or phrases without specifying OR or NOT, LocatorPlus Catalog assumes that you are searching for all the specified words or phrases.

For example, to search for items with the word RN or the word nurse, type the following in the search box:

Searching for any specified words or phrases


To use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) within search phrases, you must enter them in uppercase letters. Otherwise, LocatorPlus Catalog removes them and performs a basic search that includes all search phrases.