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| Type in Words to search: | EXAMPLES | |
ADJACENCY |
The order of words matters. Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. For different results, use and between each word or phrase. | barrier
islands north carolina and geology electronic serial and physics |
| TRUNCATION | Words may be internally or right-hand truncated using an
asterisk*. Use double asterisks ** for more than 6 characters. |
wom*n and
librar* photo** |
| OPERATORS | Use and or or to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use and not to exclude words. Use parentheses to group words when using multiple operators. | teenagers
or adolescents (alaska or canada) and birds (recreation and not hiking) |
| PROXIMITY | Use
near to specify words close to each other, in any order. Use within # to specify words within a set range of each other. Symbol # may stand for any number. |
California
near university colorado within 12 wyoming |
| FIELDS | Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for this database are a: (author), t: (title), s: (subject), and n: (additional keywords.) Subjects are NOT cross-referenced. | a:twain and
t:huck (a:frost or a:whitman) and s:poet* t:medicine and (n:research or s:information) |
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