Creating an object package and then searching the package based term exclusion is the workaround recommendation that was given to us as well. Very important though is to narrow down the search results by including “ThesXref type". Explanation given to us regarding why the "Equal to" or "Contains" works but the “Not equal to” doesn’t for Terms is how Terms are linked in TMS. Agreed that hopefully finding a way to enhance searching so that terms can be excluded is a functionality that would be very beneficial. Cheers, Julie Lofthouse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Julie Lofthouse CMS Database Specialist & Administrator Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queen's Park Toronto ON M5S 2C6 tel: 416-586-5861 fax: 416-586-5668 [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed.