Terms: |
Explanations: |
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* |
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. |
(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. |
California near university |
Field limits |
Specify fields to search, using field
abbreviation.
Fields available for this database are a: (author), t: (title), d: (LC Subject
Heading), and
n: (note). |
(a:twain) and (t:huck*)
(a:united and a:states) and (d:handicapped or d:disabled) |