Using Keyword Searching
| There are some good tools you can use in keyword searching. Click on each tool below to learn more about its use. |
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| Connectors, such as AND, OR, and NOT, sometimes called Boolean operators | Truncation or wildcards symbols (*, ?) used to replace one or more characters in word. | Nesting, helps organize your search |
| computer AND mathematics narrows a search; all concepts must be present in the records. computer OR mathematics broadens a search; all concept must be present in the records. |
wom?n: will return records with the word woman, women, or womyn. environ* will return records on environment, environments, environmental. |
alcohol AND (adolescents OR teenagers) will retrieve records on alcohol and adolescents, as well as items on alcohol and teenagers. |
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