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Below are search features and instructions for retrieving results
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Truncation, Wildcards: |
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| Plurals:
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Retrieves
simple plurals of a word |
diseas+ |
disease
or diseases |
| Truncation:
* |
Retrieves
term and its variations |
diseas* |
disease,
diseases, diseased |
| Wildcards:
# |
Retrieves
a single character |
wom#n |
woman
and women |
| Wildcards:
? |
Retrieves
zero to any number of additional characters |
colo?r |
color,
colour, colonizer, colorimeter |
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| Boolean
Operators (Query or Set Operators): all queries are processed
left-to-right, unless overridden by parenthesis. |
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| AND |
All
search terms must occur to be retrieved |
Clinton
AND Gore |
Both
Clinton and Gore |
| OR |
Any
one of the search terms must occur to be retrieved |
bioethics
OR ethics |
Bioethics or ethics |
| NOT |
Excludes
records that contain a given search term |
Clinton
NOT Gore |
Clinton,
excluding Gore |
| W |
Type
w between two words to find records containing both words, in
the order typed, with no other words between them. |
cancer
W research |
Cancer
research, not research in cancer |
| W# |
Type
w and a number (1-25) between two words to find records that
contain both words, in the order typed, with no more than that
number of other words between them. |
cancer
W3 research |
Cancer
and then research, with no more than three words between them. |
| N(near)
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Type
n between two words to find records containing both words, in
any order, with no other words between them. |
review
N 1998 |
Records
containing review or 1998, in any order, with no other words
between them. |
| N# |
Type
n and a number (1-25) between two words to find records containing
both words, in any order, with no more than that number of other
words between them. |
back N5
pain
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Records
containing back and pain, in any order, with nor more than 5
words between them. |
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| Retrieving
Citations: |
- Mark
records to create your own record list to display, print,
or email later.
- Choose
Marked Records link to display, e-mail, or print marked
records.
- E-mail
records by choosing the e-mail icon. You may e-mail one
record at a time, or tag selected records and e-mail those
as a group.
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| Notes: |
- FirstSearch
provides a 'Libraries' icon for each record (depending on
the database). This allows you to find where an item is
located.
- Use
the 'ILL' icon to order the item through Tisch Library's
Document Delivery service. There is no charge for this service.
- Some
of the FirstSearch databases include a local 'Ownership'
note. FirstSearch will list all of Massachusetts' holdings
first.
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