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Hot take: I used to think search operators were a waste of time until a guy at the Tucson library set me straight
I always figured quote marks and minus signs were just showing off, but last month a retiree named Walt at the Murphy-Wilmot branch walked me through using -site: to cut junk results when I was hunting for a used nail gun. He typed it in right there on the public terminal and pulled up 4 solid listings in under a minute. I still barely trust my own search skills, your mileage may vary, but has anyone else had a librarian change their mind on operators like that?