Advanced Search
Please enter keywords to search, select limits, then click Search.
Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. Use '*' as wildcard symbol. [More Search Tips][More Search Tips]
| Advanced Search Tips |
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Search Tips |
Examples |
| Phrase Searching |
Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. |
United States supreme court |
| Wildcards |
- Use a single asterisk * to right-hand truncate a word
up to 5 characters.
- Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.
- Use a question mark ? to substitute a single character.
* and ** must be preceded by at least 2 characters. |
child* (retrieves children, childhood, childish, etc.)
invest** (retrieves invests, invested, investment, investor,
investigation, investigator, investigating, etc.)
wom?n (retrieves women and woman) |
| Boolean Operators |
Use "and", "or", "and not" to combine keywords:
- and - find records containing both words
- or - find records containing either or both words
- and not - find records containing the first but not the second word
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hong kong and tourism
handicapped or disabled
computer and not Apple |
| Proximity Operators |
- Use "near" to specify words within ten words of each
other.
- Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words
of each other.
|
California near university
ozone within 3 deplet* |
| Parentheses |
Use parentheses ( ) to specify the order of Boolean or
proximity operations. Operation within parentheses will be executed
first. |
(alaska or canada) and (adventure and not
vacation) |
| Fields |
Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation:
a: - author, t: - title, s: - subject,
n: - notes |
a:twain and t:huck*
s:((mental* or physical*) and handicapped) and n:(ethical
issues) |
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