find_by allows you to find one element in collection by some condition/criteria.
find_all_by finds all collection elements matching criterias
except returns you all collection elements except ones provided as argument
find_except_by finds all collection elements not matching provided criterias
limit method is equal to SQL limit so it allows to limit number of collection items
offset method is equal to SQL offset so it allows to fetch records by offset
returns first element in collection
returns last element in collection
returns element by its index
returns collection containing elements specific field values (not full object)