Search function: please help

[Gold_Man 10]

Hi. I've searched for "sanding" in the title only. Surprise: 11 pages of results which include "sand" - not what I searched for. How do I eliminate parts of my search word from appearing in results? Using italics gets no results. Thanks.

[JPBon 10]

go advanced search and there is a box for exclude words '

exclude: sand; sands