TIP: Singular and Plural. Our new search engine is smart enough to find the singular and plural forms of the word(s) you enter. While this is accurate most of the times, on occasion, you should try different words as described in the following tips.

TIP: Try variations of search words. There may be a difference if you enter variations of a word. For example, the search may find chosen one but not chose one. Also remember, this is a shopping directory. If you can't find a specific item, try searching for more general terms for the item, or try searching for a store that would have the item. For example, if the search does not find shower radio, try searching for electronic stores.

TIP: Expand your search using wildcards (*). By typing an * at the end of a search word, you can search for the word with multiple endings. For example: Try wish*, to find wish, wishes, wishful, wishbone, and wishy-washy. You will need to enter at least 4 alphabetic characters before the *.

TIP: Use double-quotes to search for an exact phrase. Put "double quotation marks" around the phrase when you enter words in the search box. The search results will only return matches of the specific words or numbers that appear together in our search index. You can also use punctuation or special characters such as dashes, underscore lines, commas, slashes, or dots (- _ , / .) to create phrases. For example, to find products on Harry Potter, type "Harry Potter" in the search box, or try Harry-Potter instead of Harry Potter. The quotes and dashes link the words together as a phrase.

TIP: Including or excluding words. To make sure that a specific word is always included in your search topic, place the plus (+) symbol before the key word in the search box. To make sure that a specific word is always excluded from your search topic, place a minus (-) sign before the keyword in the search box. For example, to find recipes for cookies with oatmeal but without raisins, try recipe cookie +oatmeal -raisin. 

TIP: All searches are case insensitive and accent insensitive. Searching for "Fur" will match the lowercase "fur", uppercase "FUR", and German "fr".