In the keyword search box, you can also do these special types of searches
| Type in Words to search: | EXAMPLES: | |
|---|---|---|
| OPERATORS | Use and or or to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use and not to exclude words. Use parentheses to group words when using multiple operators. |
cat or feline (alaska or canada) and (recreation and not hiking) |
| ADJACENCY | The order of words matters. Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. For different results, use and between each word or phrase. |
water resources colorado and geology electronic serial and physics |
| TRUNCATION | Words may be internally or right-hand truncated using an asterisk *. Use double asterisks ** for more than 6 characters. |
wom*n and librar* math** |
| PROXIMITY | Use near to specify words close to each other, in any order. Use within # to specify words within a set range of each other. Symbol # may stand for any number. |
California near university colorado within 12 wyoming |
| FIELDS | Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. The available fields are a: (author), t: (title), s: (subject), and n: (additional keywords.) Subjects are NOT cross-referenced. |
a:twain and t:huck (a:frost or a:whitman) and s:poet* t:medicine and (n:research or s:information) |
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