Search Tips
I. Keyword Search
1. Enter your search term(s) in the Keyword field for a fulltext search and/or any search
on the Title and Note fields. Use Boolean Operators to improve your search results.
2. Click Search. Your search results are displayed. You can select, browse, print, e-mail
or download several search results.
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II. Using Special Operators to broaden or
narrow your search
1. The symbol % is used as a right-handed truncation character only; it will find all
forms of a word.
For example, searching for chi% will find "China", "Chinese",
"children", etc
2. Boolean Operators
AND |
Find records which have all
the words.
Example: police AND bridges |
NOT |
Find records which have the first
word, but not the second word.
Example: police NOT bridges |
OR |
Find records which have any of
the words.
Example: police OR bridges |
Xor |
Find records where one or the
other word is present but not both.
Example: police Xor bridges |
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