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
to
gether when using Boolean operators.
(annotated bibliography) and child*
(alaska or canada) and (adventure 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
e
ach 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 (d:handicapped or d:disabled)
