Possible to use in combination with AND, OR, & NOT
Include:
Quotation Marks "..."
Truncation ...*...
Wildcard ...?
Nesting(...)
Quotation Marks "..."
Searches for an exact phrase
Does NOT search words in a random order
Fantastic way to search for exact titles!
Example:"Global warming" AND "air pollution" will retrieve records with those exact phrases rather than records with any combination of those four words.
Truncation ...*...
Searches for multiple versions of a word
Functions like OR but with less typing
Type the root of the word, then add an asterisk (*) at the end.
Example:Adapt* will retrieve records as though Adapt OR Adapting OR Adapted OR Adaptation OR Adaptedness OR Adapter (etc.) is typed.
Wildcard ...?...
Searches for multiple spellings without as much typing
Functions like Truncation but ONLY replaces one letter
Type the word, then replace a changing letter with a question mark (?).
Example:Wom?n will retrieve records with Woman and Women.
Nesting (...)
Uses parentheses ( ) to group concepts together
Functions like parentheses in the mathematical Order of Operations
Best for combining two or more Boolean Logic types.
Example: Searching for Gaming AND (Adolescents OR Teenagers) will return results that include instances of Gaming ONLY when Adolescents OR Teenagers is also present.
