Type in Words to search: | EXAMPLES | |
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ADJACENCY | To search for multiple words together as one phrase insert inverted comas "" around the phrase. | "United States supreme court" |
TRUNCATION | Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation. | environment* polic*
fyodor dost** |
OPERATORS | Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators. | (annotated bibliography) and child* (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation) |
PROXIMITY | Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other in the record. | California near university
america within 3 econom* |
PUBLISHER | Use p: and the name of the publisher. | p: gregynog press
p: elzevier |
FIELDS | Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for this database are a: (author), t: (title), s: (subject), and N: (note.) | (a:twain) and (t:huck*) (a:united and a:states) and (d:handicapped or d:disabled) |