diff --git a/.yarnclean b/.yarnclean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b591611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarnclean
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# test directories
+__tests__
+test
+tests
+powered-test
+
+# asset directories
+docs
+doc
+website
+images
+assets
+
+# examples
+example
+examples
+
+# code coverage directories
+coverage
+.nyc_output
+
+# build scripts
+Makefile
+Gulpfile.js
+Gruntfile.js
+
+# configs
+appveyor.yml
+circle.yml
+codeship-services.yml
+codeship-steps.yml
+wercker.yml
+.tern-project
+.gitattributes
+.editorconfig
+.*ignore
+.eslintrc
+.jshintrc
+.flowconfig
+.documentup.json
+.yarn-metadata.json
+.travis.yml
+
+# misc
+*.md
diff --git a/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx b/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
index 436d00a..f63b79a 100644
--- a/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
+++ b/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
@@ -102,4 +102,5 @@ export const getRecentlyImportedComicBooks = (options) => async (dispatch) => {
 
 export const fetchComicVineMatches = (searchPayload, options) => (dispatch) => {
   console.log(searchPayload);
+  tokenize(searchPayload);
 };
diff --git a/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts b/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts
index db31cde..f7b5248 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,36 @@ nlp.extend(dates);
  * @function
  * @param {string} inputString - The string used to search against CV, Shortboxed, and other APIs.
  */
-export const tokenize = (inputString) => {
+export const tokenize = (searchCriteriaPayload) => {
+  const { inputString } = searchCriteriaPayload;
   const doc = nlp(inputString);
   const sentence = doc.sentences().json();
   const number = doc.numbers().fractions();
+
+  // regexes to match constituent parts of the search string
+  // and isolate the search terms
   const chapters = inputString.match(/ch(a?p?t?e?r?)(\W?)(\_?)(\#?)(\d)/gi);
-  const volumes = inputString.match(/v(o?l?u?m?e?)(\W?)(\_?)(\s?)(\d+)/gi);
+  const volumes = inputString.match(
+    /(\b(vo?l?u?m?e?)\.?)(\s*-|\s*_)?(\s*[0-9]+[.0-9a-z]*)/gi,
+  );
+  const pageCounts = inputString.match(
+    /\b[.,]?\s*\d+\s*(p|pg|pgs|pages)\b\s*/gi,
+  );
+
+  const parantheses = inputString.match(/\([^\(]*?\)/gi);
+  const curlyBraces = inputString.match(/\{[^\{]*?\}/gi);
+  const squareBrackets = inputString.match(/\[[^\[]*?\]/gi);
+  const genericNumericRange = inputString.match(
+    /([^\d]+)(\s*(of|de|di|von|van|z)\s*#*\d+)/gi,
+  );
+  const hyphenatedNumericRange = inputString.match(/([^\d])?(-\d+)/gi);
+  const readingListIndicators = inputString.match(
+    /^\s*\d+(\.\s+?|\s*-?\s*)/gim,
+  );
+
   const issues = inputString.match(/issue(\W?)(\_?)(\d+)/gi);
   const issueHashes = inputString.match(/\#\d/gi);
-  const yearMatches = inputString.match(/\d{4}/g);
+  const yearMatches = inputString.match(/\d{4}/gi);
 
   const sentenceToProcess = sentence[0].normal.replace(/_/g, " ");
   const normalizedSentence = nlp(sentenceToProcess)
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b905003..3837762 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12339,7 +12339,7 @@ text-table@^0.2.0, text-table@~0.2.0:
 
 threetwo-ui-typings@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/threetwo-ui-typings/-/threetwo-ui-typings-1.0.1.tgz#5e1c4aca9342e1655ef471fe2e50752bb844b788"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/threetwo-ui-typings/-/threetwo-ui-typings-1.0.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-g5FWa069AT1WfUHHEVFOQ1q6cfK+9UOzewfKblheuDBSsGN/e89MJMEVfuInBaHgxHM32/P+mNUFBqnBoeRSLQ==
   dependencies:
     typescript "^4.3.2"