|
Explanation |
Examples |
| ADJACENCY |
Multiple words are searched together as one 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* |
| 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 (s:handicapped or s:disabled) |
