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Adjacency

• Multiple words are searched together as one phrase.
  i.e., United States Supreme Court

Truncation

• 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.
  i.e., environment* polic*, fyodor dost**

Operators

• 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.
  i.e., (annotated bibliography) and child*
  (alaska or canada) and (adventure not vacation)

Proximity

• 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.
  i.e., California near university
  america within 3 econom*

Fields

• Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for this database are a: (author), t: (title), s: (subject), and N: (note.)
  i.e., (a:twain) and (t:huck*)
  (a:united and a:states) and (d:handicapped or d:disabled)

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