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Search Examples | For complete details, see User Guide
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Truncation
Use with all keyword searches
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Use ? to find variants of your search term:
child? finds child, children, childhood.
?graphy finds biography, geography, photography.
nano?technology finds nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology.
Use % to find single-letter variants:
organi%ation finds organization, organisation.
encyclop%%dia finds encyclopaedia, encyclopoedia, encyclopædia.
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Keyword
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Automatically adds and between search terms:
rowling potter finds all records containing both rowling and potter.
Use quotes to search phrases:
"french revolution"
Results are ranked by relevance. Sort search results from new to old or old to new to locate the most relevant works by year.
NOTE: Boolean operators and, or, and not in the "Search for" box are treated as search terms:
rowling and potter finds records that contain and as well as rowling and potter.
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Keyword Expert
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Use Boolean operators and, or, not to combine search terms:
salinger and catcher
map or atlas
textiles not clothing
Use quotes to search phrases: "french revolution"
Use parentheses to group terms: (child? or teen?) and "learning disabilities"
Use field
codes to limit your search further.
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Title
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Type the first words of the title: far from the madding crowd
Omit beginning articles: A, An, The, Der, El, L', La,
etc.
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Journal Title
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Type the first words of the title: journal of architectural engineering
Omit beginning articles: A, An, The, Der, El, L', La,
etc.
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Title Keyword
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Use when the exact title is not known: mockingbird finds all works with mockingbird in the title.
Automatically adds and between search terms: civil war grant finds all works with all three search words in the title.
Use ? to find variants of your search term: heartbreak? genius finds A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
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Author
Search Limits do NOT apply
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For individuals, enter last name first, followed by first name, if
known: locke john
Enter names of organizations or groups: american psychological association
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Author Keyword
Search Limits do NOT apply
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Use when the author's exact name is not known. Useful for corporate author searches. Automatically adds and between search terms:
shakespeare association finds various associations.
Use ? to find variants of your search term:
math? society finds various mathematical societies.
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Author/Title Keyword Search
Search Limits do NOT apply
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Best used to find works by a prolific author or composer:
shakespeare tempest
beethoven symphon?
Can also be used to combine an author and title in a single search:
byron poem?
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Subject Heading
Search Limits do NOT apply
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Use Library of Congress Subject Headings (LC): elections united states
or Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): magnetic resonance imaging
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Subject Keyword
Search Limits do NOT apply
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Use when the exact LC or Medical subject heading is not known:
literacy finds all subject headings containing that term.
Automatically adds and between search terms:
latin america coffee finds all subject headings containing all three terms, including Coffee industry-Latin America.
Use ? to find variants of your search term:
teen? psychology finds teenage, teenagers.
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Call Number
Search Limits do NOT apply
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Enter as much of the call number as you know, including punctuation: ps3537.t32
Use spacing as shown in these examples:
PS3537.T323 A6 1967
Diss. POPM2003.159
821 C397.9 F2
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