| Search Tips |
| 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. |
environment* polic*
huck** finn
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Wildcards
You may use a question mark to replace a
single character anywhere within a word. |
wom?n |
Operators
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words
in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. |
(Civil war) and women
(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. |
alternative near rock
Ozarks within 3 econom*
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Field limits
Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation.
Fields available for this database include a: (author), t: (title), and s: (subject). |
(a:twain) and (t:huck*)
(a:united and a:states) and (s:handicapped or s:disabled) |
