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Keyword Search Tips |
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Clicking on
the Keyword tab displays a search box and search tips about
the following features: |
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Feature |
Example |
Adjacency
Find one word or phrase. Two or more
words are first searched together as a single phrase. If the phrase
is not found, "and" is inserted and retrieves records that include
both terms but not necessarily together |
child development retrieves
only records that include this phrase |
Phrase Searches
Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in double quotation
marks |
"american psychological
association" retrieves records with this exact phrase |
Wild Cards
Use an asterisk (*) to find plurals
and variant endings of words |
twin* retrieves records
including twin, twine, twins |
Boolean Operators (Connectors)
and retrieves records including all your keywords; or
retrieves records with at least one of your keywords; not
excludes records that include the keyword following not |
heredity and twins retrieves
all records including both words |
Proximity Operators
Find words close to each other using the word near |
child* near psychology
retrieves any record in which variants of the word child occur near
the word psychology |
Field Limits
Restrict your search to specific
fields, such as author, title, subject |
a:jung and t:symbols retrieves
records with Jung as author and the word symbols in the title |
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