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    Note: If you wish to search a phrase, use quotations marks around it. (for example, "world wide web") See below for more tips and explanations.
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Search Tips Explanations Examples
BOOLEAN OPERATORS
(optional)		 "and" (Default) It is not necessary to specify "and", as this is the default search. Searching world wide web will find citations with each of these words, in any order. To search it as a phrase, use quotation marks: "world wide web".
  • world wide web censorship - is the same as world and wide and web and censorship

    • Use "or" to expand your search; e.g. to find records that contain either world wide web or internet

  • "world wide web" or internet

    • Use parentheses to group words when using multiple operators
  • ("world wide web" or internet) and censorship
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    Use "and not" to exclude words

  • polar and not bear
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    PHRASE Use quotes to search multiple words one phrase.
  • "teacher exchange programs"
  • "environmental policy"
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    FIELDS
    (optional)    		 To narrow the results, you may specify certain fields to search, rather than the entire index, by using field codes. Fields available for this database are: a: (for author)
    t: (for title)
    s: (for subjects)
    n: for notes and additional keywords).
  • a:twain and t:eden
  • a:asimov s:astronomy
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    COMMON WORDS
    Common words, such as OF and THE, are indexed and must be entered in the search statement.
  • "head of state"
    • Phrases in your search that include boolean operators, (AND, OR, AND NOT, for example), must be enclosed in quotation marks.
  • "good and evil"
    • TRUNCATION
    and
    WILDCARD    		 Use an asterisk * to truncate from 1 - 5 characters.

    Use an question mark ? to replace a single character

    Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.

  • environment* and policy
    This will find words that begin with environment plus up to 5 additional letters, e.g. environments, environmental, etc.
  • wom?n
  • fyodor dost**
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    SEARCHING BY LIMITS
    		 Use a double asterisk ** in the search box to search the entire collection using only limits
  • ** in search box, with Language=Mongol
    This search will find all materials available in Mongolian.
  • ** in search box, with Material Type=Visual Media, and Language=Spanish
    This search will find videos in Spanish
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    PROXIMITY OPERATORS Use "near" to specify words within 10 words of each other, in any order.

    Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within so many words of each other in the record.
  • environment* near policy

  • environment* within 3 policy
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