| Advanced Keyword Search Tips |
Examples |
| When searching multiple words the system will automatically suppply the Boolean "and" operator between each word; multiple words entered for the search will all occur somewhere in the retrieved records though not necessarily in the order entered. Both examples on the right will retrieve the same results. |
university science department
university and science and department |
| Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in double quotes will appear together in all results exactly as typed. |
"university science department" |
| Wildcards |
The asterisk ('*') matches up to five non-space characters, starting at the specified position in the word. For example, "inter*" will match "internal" and "internet", but will not match "international". The '*' wildcard may only appear after at least two characters.
The '*' wildcard may also be embedded in a search string. For example, "colo*r" would match both "color" and "colour".
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environment* polic*
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Matches any number of non-space characters, starting at the specified position in the word. For example, "inter**" will match all words that begin with "inter" (e.g., "internal", "internet", "international", etc.).
The '*' wildcard may also be embedded in a search string. |
comp** |
| You may use a question mark ('?') to replace a
single character anywhere within a word. |
wom?n |
| Boolean and Proximity Operators |
Use AND or OR to specify multiple words
in any field, any order. Use AND NOT to exclude words. Select the operator you wish to use from the selection list.
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stocks [and]
bonds
stocks [or]
bonds
stocks [and not]<
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