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SEARCH EXAMPLES:
Key Phrase
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Keyword
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Title
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Author
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Subject
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Call Number |
| Search Method |
Input Search Terms |
Search Examples |
KEY
PHRASE
Adjacency
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Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. |
United States supreme court
English as a second language
domestic violence |
KEYWORD(S)
Operators
( )
and
or
and not |
Use "and" to search multiple concepts simultaneously
Use "or" to combine words with
similar meaning
Use "and not" to exclude
words
Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators.
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(domestic violence) and children
baby or infant
mexico and not (new mexico)
(alaska or canada) and (adventure not vacation)
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KEYWORD(S)
Proximity
near
within # |
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. |
California near university
america within 3 econom* |
KEYWORD(S)
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. |
environment* polic*
fyodor dost**
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| TITLE |
Input exact title or beginning of title; ignore initial article (e.g. a, an,
the, etc.) |
joy luck club
life and times of little turtle
life and times of |
| AUTHOR |
For personal authors, input lastname, firstname.
For materials written, published, or produced by an organization, input the organization's name. |
clarke cheryl
confucius
garcia marquez gabriel
united states commission on civil rights
California state university
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| SUBJECT |
Input exact, or partial beginning, Library of Congress Subject Headings. |
world war 1939-1945 women united states
world war 1939-1945
Afro-Americans
Hispanic Americans
hemingway ernest 1899-1961 criticism and interpretation
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| CALL NUMBER |
Input exact, or partial beginning of a call number:
Library of Congress call numbers for books and journals
SuDoc number for government documents
Dewey Decimal number for Children's books. |
HF 5382.65 S54 1993
Y 4.SCI 2:106-86
305.23 K847l
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