Access Search Terminology Operators Access Search Terminology

> < Greater than: over, above, more than, larger > < Greater than: over, above, more than, larger Less than: under, below, fewer than Can be used with letters, as well as numbers

>= <= Greater than or equal to: 10 or above >= <= Greater than or equal to: 10 or above Less than or equal to: top 5 (5 and below)

Wildcard * Used to abbreviate searches Words starting with S*, Sc*, Sch*, etc.

AND Is implied between fields Black Hair AND Glasses AND Size 10 Shoes AND narrows the results returned

Brown Hair Male AND

OR Must be typed in Black OR Brown Hair OR increases the number of results returned

OR Brown Hair Black Hair

NOT Used to exclude data from a search NOT Brown Reduces the search results

Brown Hair OR Red Hair NOT Blonde Black Hair