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Type in Words to search: |
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 truncat
ion. |
environment* polic*
fyodor dost**
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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.)
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(a:twain) and (t:huck*)
(a:united and a:states) and (d:handicapped or d:disabled) |