# \#TuesdayTips: What a difference a space makes!

**URL:** <https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/tuesdaytips-what-a-difference-a-space-makes/7520>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Created:** [February 14, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/tuesdaytips-what-a-difference-a-space-makes/7520 "2024-02-14T01:10:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![suzi](https://community.alliancegenome.org/user_avatar/community.alliancegenome.org/suzi/32/606_2.png) [@suzi](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/suzi)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/tuesdaytips-what-a-difference-a-space-makes/7520/1 "2024-02-14T01:10:46Z")

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You have many choices for ontology or annotation browsers, including [AmiGO](https://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo), [QuickGO](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/), [OLS Ontology Search](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4), etc.

When using the GO’s powerful browser [AmiGO](https://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo), boolean operators, wildcards and fuzzy searches are supported. However, the easiest way to narrow your results is just to adding a space after your search! Here’s a search for `adenosine`

 ![adenosine](https://community.alliancegenome.org/uploads/default/original/1X/c13251503ca042d1e8ca13c908443a876bd669d2.png)

And a similar search, this time for `adenosine ` ⬅ see that extra space?

 ![adenosine_](https://community.alliancegenome.org/uploads/default/original/1X/5669d05507f558cdb9580a22a1d9f689eb150e7a.png)

You can also do more advanced searches, like add and subtract different ontology closures from each other, etc. Here’s a relatively simple search for `food and behavior`

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-13 at 18.04.59](https://community.alliancegenome.org/uploads/default/original/1X/cce42b09ea313d1d9e83c6d1cc9613d41a837847.png)

Now `food and behavior `⬅ see that space

 ![food_and_behavior](https://community.alliancegenome.org/uploads/default/original/1X/85261a2abcf223ce44363e2d63038da09f2f2438.png)

Compare to `food and -behavior`

 ![food_and_-behavior](https://community.alliancegenome.org/uploads/default/original/1X/04d595782e1670cd7dc11d439e6ff697a5af947a.png)

Try it on your next AmiGO search and see how what a difference a space (or other search modification) makes!