Special Words and Modifiers-advance

* (asterisk symbol) - Wild Card
Use * (asterisk symbol) for a wild card when you only know part of a word. Example: star* would return items such as Star Wars, stargazing, stars, and Star Trek.
+ (plus symbol) - Required Words
Use + (plus symbol) before a word if the word must appear in the area you are searching.Example: To find a rocking chair with the word "antique" in the title, enter:rocking chair +antique.
- (minus symbol) - Exclude Words
Use - (minus symbol) to exclude any word you do not want to include. Example: To find a rocking chair "without" antique in the title, enter (include space after rocking chair): rocking chair -antiqueExample: To find a Barbie without the words "Ken" or "Skipper" in the title, enter (include space after Barbie): Barbie - (Ken,Skipper)
@ (at sign) - Intersection of words
Examples: @0 drive* scsi* will return items with "drive*" or "scsi*" (0 intersection). This is an or search that uses wildcards (*) @0 property tax will return items with "property" or "tax"@1 property tax value requires one intersection of any two of the three specified items. Therefore, the text unit will be retrieved if it contains an occurrence of ``property'' and ``tax'', ``property'' and ``value'', or ``tax'' and ``value''. +tax -federal @1 market assessment value property assets requires that the retreived text must include an occurrence of ``tax'' (designated with the plus sign `+'), but must exclude the hit if it contains any reference to ``federal'' (designated with the minus sign `-'). The ``@1'' means that you also want 1 intersection of any 2 of the other 5 equally weighted (unmarked with `+' or `-') query items: ``market'', ``assessment'', ``value'', ``property'', and ``assets''.

Special Words and Modifiers-basic

Finding all the words (Equivalent to an AND)
Enter the words into the text box, separating each word with a space.Example: To find anything with the words baseball and autograph, enter: baseball autograph
Finding several words (Equivalent to an OR)
Use , (comma symbol with NO SPACES) to separate the words (and surround this search with parentheses) to find at least one word of a set. Wildcard searches (*) CANNOT be used with this query. For an or search using wildcards (*) see @ (at sign) - Intersection of wordsExample: To find anything related to baseball or an autograph, enter (with no spaces): (baseball,autograph)
Finding words (or phrases) exactly as specified in a specific order
Use " " (quotation symbols) to find words exactly as specified in the same order. Phrase searches should not be used unless intended to get the exact text as it can result in miss-hits. A search for "baseball autograph" will return text including the exact phrase baseball autograph. Text in the form autograph baseball will NOT be found. Wildcard searches (*) or special modifiers such as (+), (-) CANNOT be used with this query. Example: To find the entire phrase, Barbie Doll House, enter: "Barbie Doll House" Example: To find the music group, The Doors, enter: "The Doors"

Finding all the words (Equivalent to an AND)
Enter the words into the text box, separating each word with a space.Example: To find anything with the words baseball and autograph, enter: baseball autograph
Finding several worSpecial Words and Modifiers
Finding all the words (Equivalent to an AND)
Enter the words into the text box, separating each word with a space.Example: To find anything with the words baseball and autograph, enter: baseball autograph
Finding several worSpecial Words and Modifiers
Finding all the words (Equivalent to an AND)
Enter the words into the text box, separating each word with a space.Example: To find anything with the words baseball and autograph, enter: baseball autograph
Finding several worSpecial Words and Modifiers
Finding all the words (Equivalent to an AND)
Enter the words into the text box, separating each word with a space.Example: To find anything with the words baseball and autograph, enter: baseball autograph
Finding several worSpecial Words and Modifiers
Finding all the words (Equivalent to an AND)
Enter the words into the text box, separating each word with a space.Example: To find anything with the words baseball and autograph, enter: baseball autograph
Finding several worSpecial Words and Modifiers

Tips

You'll get the fastest response when the search query returns the fewest possible matches.Example: To find a particular Barbie item, don't just type Barbie in the query box.If you are looking for a Barbie dress made in the 1960s, enter: Barbie dress 196* The trick is to be specific and give a narrowly defined query!
The Reported Number of Items Found is Just an Estimate
The results of any search includes an estimated number of items found for the search and the search pages are generated corresponding to this number. In most cases this is equal to the actual number of items. However, in some rare cases (depending on the query) this estimated number and the corresponding pages generated may be different from the actual number.
Sorting Your Results
You can use the sort menu to order the item results by ending date, bid price, or search ranking.