Multiple words are searched together as one phrase.
United States supreme court
Truncation
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk.
environment* polic*
Wildcards
You may use a question mark to replace a
single character anywhere within a word.
wom?n
Operators
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field,
any order. Use "and not" to exclude words.
(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.
California near university
Field limits
Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for this database are a: (author),
t: (title), d: (subject), N: (note), m: (media only),
and v: (search media and bibliographic data).
(a:twain) and (t:huck*)
(a:united and a:states) and (d:handicapped or d:disabled)