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Examples

Phrases

Use quotes to search the words you type as a phrase. Only records with the exact phrase in one or more fields are returned.

• “ United States Supreme Court”

Truncation

Use an asterisk to search word variations or pluralization. Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.

• environment* polic*
• pharmac**

Operators

AND - finds records that contain all of the search terms.
OR - finds records that contain any of the search terms.
AND NOT - finds records that contain the first but not the second search term.

• internet and security
• internet or www or web
• internet and not web

Proximity

Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other in the same field, in any order. Use "near" to specify words within 10 words of each other in the same field, in any order.

• child* within 3 health
• environment* near polic*

Fields

Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for this database are a: (author), t: (title), d: (subject), and n: (note.)

• a: rosenberg and t: cancer

Nesting

Use parentheses to construct complex searches

• (environment* near polic*) and (child* within 3 health)