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Enter a search term in the box then click Submit.
The keyword may appear in the title, author, subject heading or notes of a catalog record. Advanced Keyword Searching allows you to limit your search by date, language, material type, etc. | Other Searches:
Find Specific Formats:
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| Adjacency | Words in quotes are searched together as a phrase. Example: United States Supreme Court |
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| Wildcards |
Use wildcard symbols to truncate search terms. Terms may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. Use a single * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation. Examples: environment* polic*, wom?n, comput** |
| Boolean Operators |
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple terms in any field in any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators. "And" is the catalog default. Example: (movies or film) and directing |
| Proximity Operators |
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. Example: America within 3 econom* |
| Grouping | Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. |
