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| Adjacency | Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. | United States supreme court |
| Truncation | Words may be right-hand truncated using * (for 1-5 characters). Use ** for unlimited truncation. |
environment* polic* magneto** |
| 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) |
| Note that you can use these clauses in combination with selections from the operator pulldown menu (as indicated in brackets). |
History [And] Naples or Napoli [And] Borgia or Alexander |
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| Proximity | Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. | California near university |
| Field limits | Specify fields to search using the Field pulldown menu (as indicated in brackets). | [Author] Doctorow |
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