Which strategies can I employ to improve my searches?
Answer
Search Tips
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Wildcards |
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk ('*') in place of other characters. The '*' wildcard may also be embedded in a search string. You may use '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word. |
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Boolean Operators |
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. |
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Field limits |
A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). |
Multiple words searching
When searching multiple words, the system will automatically supply the Boolean "and" operator between each word; multiple words entered for the search will all occur somewhere in the retrieved records though not necessarily in the order entered. Both examples on the right will retrieve the same results.
Using multiple words:
university science department=university and science and department
Phrase searching
Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in double quotes will appear together in all results exactly as typed.
A phrase Search:
"university science department"