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| Search Tips | This search... | retrieves records with: |
|---|---|---|
| ADJACENCY Multiple words are searched together as one phrase with quotes "". |
"toxic waste" | "toxic waste" in any indexed field (title, author, subject, notes). |
| "september song" | "september song" in any indexed field (title, author, subject, notes). | |
| TRUNCATION Allows searching for different endings of a word. Use a single asterisk * to match up to 5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** to match any number of characters. |
nation* | nation, nations, national, nationhood, etc. |
| nation** | nation, nations, national, nationhood, nationalities, nationalizing, nationalization, etc. | |
| BOOLEAN
OPERATORS AND requires that both terms be present. OR allows that either term be present. AND NOT excludes the second term. Use parentheses to group combined terms. |
ceylon or sri lanka | "sculpture" and "asia, asian/s, asiatic, etc." |
| ceylon or sri lanka | either "ceylon" or the phrase "sri lanka", or both | |
| brunswick and not new | "brunswick" but not "new" (i.e., not New Brunswick) | |
| (france or italy) and baroque | either "france" or "italy" AND also "baroque" | |
| PROXIMITY Use NEAR to specify words within 10 words of each other in the same field (e.g., title, subject, etc.). Use WITHIN # to specify terms which occur within # words of each other anywhere in the record. |
embryo* near develop* | "embryo, etc." and "develop, etc." within 10 words of each other in the same field |
| dream* within 5 interpret* | "interpret, etc." and "dream, etc." within 5 words of each other | |
| INDEXED
FIELDS Specify which fields to search using field abbreviation. Fields available for this search option are a: (author), t: (title), d: (subject), and n: (note). Truncation (*) cannot be used in field searching. |
t:bible and d:interpretation | titles that contain "bible" and subjects that contain "interpretation" |
| d:shelley and not d:percy | subjects that contain "shelley" but not "percy" (i.e. Mary Shelley) | |
| a:bach and t:565 | authors that contain "bach" and titles that contain "565" (i.e. BWV 565) |
Humanities Librarian |
 Joshua Finnell Contact Info William Howard Doane Library Denison University P.O. Box 805 Granville, Ohio 43023-0805 Ph: 740-587-8651 Send Email Subjects: classics, english, philosophy, history, religion, east asian studies, french, spanish, german |
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