Boolean Keyword Search Tips |
Use the Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to combine search terms. |
In addition, try some of these useful keyword search features:
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| Feature | Example |
Truncation
Use a question mark (?) to find plurals and variant endings of words.
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teenage? finds teenager, teenagers, teenaged, etc.
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Phrase search
Enter two or more words with quotation marks to do a phrase search
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"child development" retrieves only records that include this phrase
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| Parentheses
Use parentheses to group search terms.
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("capital punishment" or "death penalty") and (race or minorities) groups your concepts, using the OR connector, before combining them with others by using AND |
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