KEYWORD SEARCH looks for words or phrases that appear in the author, title, subtitle, notes, or subject heading fields that make up a catalog record of a particular work.
Keyword Features | Examples |
Search a single word | genetics |
Search a phrase | genetic engineering; united states supreme court |
To search for more than one term, use and | women and Middle Ages; violence and television |
Broaden a search by using or | Soviet Union or Russia; toys or games |
Limit a search by using and not | Mexico and not new |
Combine searches by using parentheses | (teenagers or adolescents) and (eating disorders or anorexia) |
Shorten words with the * symbol to find all possible endings:
(truncate)
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teen* = teen, teens, teenage, teenager, teenagers garden*=garden, gardener, gardening, gardens and gardenia Fyodor Dost** = Fyodor Dostoyevski elec**=electric, electronic, electrical, electricity, election, elected |
To do a field search for subject, author, title, or notes:
S: for a subject keyword search |
s:Dickinson and criticism a:Hemingway and t:sea n:can't buy me love |
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