To search for:

Do this:

Example

Items where two or more keywords are present

Enter the keywords with a space between them

new DVD player

returns items with all three words in the title in any order

Items containing certain words in a particular order

Place quotation marks around the group of words

"New York"

returns items with titles containing New York in that order only, but not those containing just New or just York or the words York New

Items that don't contain a certain word

Place a minus sign immediately before the word to be excluded (no space after the minus sign)

shirt blue -wool

returns items with titles containing the words shirt and blue but not containing the word wool

Items that don't contain several words

Place a minus sign before the list of words separated by commas (with no spaces after the minus sign and the commas) and put in parentheses

bowl -(black,green,purple) or bowl -black -green -purple

returns items with titles containing the word bowl but not containing the words black, green, and purple

Items where one word or another is present

Enter keywords in parentheses separated by commas (no space after the commas)

(purse,handbag)

returns items whose titles contain either the word purse or handbag

Items that contain words starting with a particular sequence of letters

Enter the letter sequence followed by an asterisk

book*

returns items whose titles contain words starting with book, such as books, bookshelf, and bookmark

Items that contain only a specific spelling of a word

Enter the keywords or phrases in quotes

"book"

returns only items with the exact word book and not items with the word books

Items that match the exact words

Place quotes around any single keyword

"action" DVD
returns only items with the exact word action and DVD

action "DVD"
returns only items with the exact word DVD and the word action.