| Search Options |
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* |
| 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) |
| Note that you can use these clauses in combination
with selections from the operator pulldown menu (as indicated in brackets). |
History [And]
Naples or Napoli [And]
Borgia or Alexander |
| Proximity - Use "near" to specify words close to each
other, in any order. |
California near university |
| Field Limits - Specify fields to search using the Field
pulldown menu (as indicated in brackets). |
[Author] Doctorow |
