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General Searching Tips
Boolean operators allows you to combine your search terms so you can target your search at more specific areas.
You combine your search terms using the following special keywords called Boolean operators:
The AND operator retrieves all works that contain the search terms it separates. However, this type of search normally retrieves fewer results than if you searched for one of the terms on its own.
Note: to search for the word "and' in a phrase, such as "love and hate", type the phrase into the search box and enclose it in double quotes, for example, "love and hate".
The OR operator retrieves all works that contain any or all of the search terms it separates. This type of search retrieves more results than if you searched for one of the terms on its own.
Note: to search for the word "or" in a phrase, such as "love or hate", type the phrase into the search box and enclose it in double quotes, for example, "love or hate".
The NOT operator retrieves all works that contain the first search term but not the second.
Note: to search for the word "not" in a phrase, such as "love not hate", type the phrase into the search box and enclose it in double quotes, for example, "love not hate".
Truncation and wildcard operators allows you to list documents containing variations on a search term by using the * (asterisk).
The * operator can represent zero or more terminal characters in a search term.
To perform a truncation search, enter the first few letters (or stem) of your search term followed by the truncation operator.
To perform a phrase search, you can only use the truncation operator in the final word in the phrase.
Example: creat* will retrieve entries for all documents containing the words: creature, creation, create, creating, creator, etc., while how diamonds are creat* would be an example of a phrase search.
You can also use the ? wildcard to replace any character in a given search term, regardless of position.
Example: wom?n will retrieve matches for all documents containing the words woman or women.
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