To use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) within a search, you must enter them in uppercase letters.
Simple Search
In Advanced Search, OR terms within the same search line
Performing Basic Searches in Primo VE (Ex Libris Knowledge Center)
You can use both of these search techniques in Simple Search and in Advanced Search
? to limit to a single character. You can use this internally, ex wom?n
* multiple characters. ex environment* finds environment, environments, environmental, environmentalism
Use quotes around terms if you want an exact phrase or in Advanced Search use the search type contains exact phrase. But there are times when the searching algorithm doesn't necessarily restrict search to phrase.
Compare two simple searches: age of empire to “age of empire”