Search Tips
| Location Limit |
To limit by location, you must choose a location that is within the scope chosen. All locations are available for limiting when the "Search at:" is "WNCLN (ASU, UNCA, & WCU)" |
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| Wildcards |
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk ('*') in place of up to 50 non-space characters. The '*' wildcard may also be embedded in a search string.
You may use '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word provided there are at least two characters before the "?"wildcard
Examples : environment* polic*, wom?n |
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| Boolean Operators |
Use and, or and not to to refine the search or to override word adjacency.
Example : stocks and bonds
Example : (alaska or canada) and (adventure not vacation) |
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| Field limits |
A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). |
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| Grouping |
Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query.
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