Search by KEYWORDS in Titles, Author names, Subject Headings, and Notes.
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To narrow searches, connect words with AND and NOT and use exact phrases.
To broaden searches, connect words with OR. Use * to truncate words.
EXAMPLES
(more information and examples are below):
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writ* and brief
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(civil and rico) and not puerto Rico
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model business corporation act
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trial practice or trial advocacy
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Keyword Search Help
Click here for more information on Keyword Searching.
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Explanations
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Examples
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ADJACENCY
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Multiple words are searched together as one phrase.
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United States supreme court
federal civil procedure |
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TRUNCATION
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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.
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bank* [will pick up bank and banking, but not bankruptcy]
bank** [will pick up bankruptcy as well]
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OPERATORS
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Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field,
any order. Use "and
not" to exclude words.
Parentheses group words together when using Boolean
operators. |
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(annotated bibliography) and child*
(alaska or canada) and (adventure not vacation) |
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PROXIMITY
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Use "near"
to specify words close to
each other, in any order. Use "within #" to specify
terms which occur within #
words of each other in the record.
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california near university
america within 3 econom*
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FIELDS
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Specify fields to search with field
abbreviation. Fields available for this database are a:
(author), t: (title), s:
(subject), and n: (notes and additional keywords) |
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(a:twain) and
(t:huck*)
(a:united and a:states) and (s:handicapped or
s:disabled) |
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