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Techniques
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Research
Databases/
Information
Services |
Boolean
operators --
AND / OR / NOT |
Phrase
searching |
Truncation / wildcard |
Nesting (Parentheses) |
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ACM
Digital Library |
+
-
[default is OR in Basic search]
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"artificial
intelligence"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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ACS
Web Editions |
AND
OR
NOT
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No
phrase searching
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(asterisk)
*
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no
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AP
Multimedia Archive |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use single quotes. For
example:
'south dakota'
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(asterisk)
*
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no
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EBSCOhost:
-Academic Search P.
-Business Source P.
-Regional Bus. News
-MasterFILE Premier
-EBSCO MegaFILE
-Libr, InfoSci & Tech |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For example:
"missouri
river" |
(asterisk)
*
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yes
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Infotrac
- See Thomson/Gale |
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LEXIS-NEXIS
- Academic
- Congressional
- Statistical |
AND
OR
AND NOT
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Type the phrase. For
example:
missouri river
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(exclamation point)
!
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yes
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MathSciNet |
AND
OR
NOT
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Type the phrase.
For example:
graph theory
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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NetLibrary |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"missouri
river"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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OCLC FirstSearch |
AND
OR
NOT |
Use "W". For
example:
coca
w cola
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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Physical
Education Index |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use
Exact Phrase radio button in Quick Search mode or type phrase in
Advanced Search mode.
|
(asterisk)
*
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yes
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ProQuest |
AND
OR
AND NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"missouri
river"
For 2-word phrase, may type the
phrase. For example:
missouri river
For
more words, must use quotation marks. For example:
"big sioux river"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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Scitation |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example: "graph
theory" |
(asterisk)
*
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South Dakota Library
Network (Aleph) |
AND
OR
NOT
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In Advanced Search, use phrase radio button;
elsewhere use double
quotes: "missouri river"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes |
Thomson/Gale
(formerly Infotrac)
-Gale Virtual Ref. Libr.
-Opposing Viewpoints
-K/12 Prof'l Collection
-Junior Ref. Collection |
AND
OR
NOT
(in Keyword
& Advanced searches)
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Use
"W” with the number 1.
For
example:
coca
w1 cola
Can
use
double quotes:
"coca cola"
[ To find the two
words within 5 words of each other, just type words. For example:
coca cola ]
|
(asterisk)
*
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yes
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Web of Science |
AND
OR
NOT |
Use double quotes. For example:
"thin film"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes |
