Keyword


In a Keyword Search you may use words taken from anywhere in the title, notes, contents, etc.
You may also narrow your search by location, material type, etc. Scroll down the screen for examples of searches.
If you don't find what you want, try a Subject Heading or Title search.

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Adjacency
Multiple words are searched together as one phrase.
United States supreme court
Truncation
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.

environment* polic*

fyodor dost**

Operators
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators.
(annotated bibliography) and child*

(alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation)
Proximity
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.
California near university

america within 3 econom*
Fields
Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for this database are a: (author), t: (title), d: (subject), and N: (note.)
(a:twain) and (t:huck*)

(a:united and a:states) and (d:handicapped or d:disabled)