| Title |
Omit
initial articles (a, an, the, der, el, la, los, ...): tale
of two cities
Type the first words of the title. Truncation is automatic: historical
encyc |
| Journal
Title |
Omit
initial articles (a, an, the, der, el, la, los, ...)
Enter title of journal, magazine, newspaper, not title of
article: education review |
| Author |
Last
name first: shakespeare william
Enter as much as you know: shakespeare w
Put a space between names or initials : fitzgerald
f scott |
| Keyword
Relevance |
Results
are ranked by a relevance formula with most relevant items appearing first
Use ? to truncate: music?
(finds music, musician, musicological, etc.)
Use + to mark essential terms: +blues
Use quotes to search phrases: "20th century"
Do not include connectors (and, or, not) to combine search
terms: music? +jazz "20th century?" |
| Keyword
Boolean |
Connect
multiple search terms with and, or, not
Use ? to truncate: music?
(finds music, musician, musicological, etc.)
Use quotes to search phrases: "20th century"
Use connectors (and, or, not) to combine search terms: music?
and jazz and "20th century?"
Use parentheses to group search terms: (music?
or arts) and "20th century" |
| Subject
Heading |
When
searching by a Library of Congress Subject Heading, omit punctuation: jungian
psychology |
| Call
Number |
Enter
as much of the call number as you know, including punctuation: pr2987.c2 |