To locate those containing both of the words “Marge” and “Simpson”, enter:

To locate those containing either of the words “Marge” or “Simpson”, enter:

To locate those with the whole phrase “Lisa Simpson”, search for:

To locate those with both of the whole phrases “Marge Simpson” and “Lisa Simpson”, type:

To locate those with either of the whole phrases “Marge Simpson” or “Lisa Simpson”, type:

To find documents matching the previous example's criteria but sans any mention of Maggie, enter:

Note that “OR” is intentionally capitolized in the examples above. If you type “or” in all-lower case letters instead, Google will treat it as one of the words you are searching for.

Helpful Search Hints

Google eliminates certain popular words from queries, such as “I,” “when,” and “the.” To prevent common words from being excluded, prepend + signs to all of those you don't wish to be ignored. For example, to perform a search for the whole phrase “The Simpsons, Says I”, just type:

You may also search for words strictly within document titles by prepending intitle: to them. For example, to search for all documents with either “DVD” or “video” in their titles but without any results for documents with the whole phrase “Springfield Times” in theirs, you would just type: