Search Tips

Feature

Example

Search and Browse Limits

Choose from Current Contents Editions and Time Frame Then click on "Submit Limit Changes"

Life Sciences/Current Week

Keyword

Use "Topic/Subject" Click on "Search"

Insects

Broaden

Use "or"

insects or bugs

Narrow

Use "and"

Use "not"

Combine two or more searches

Insects and wings

Insects and wings not flight

2 and 4

Limit

By editions and timeframe

See Search and Browsing

Limits

Truncation

Use "*" to retrieve all possible suffix variations

Use "?" to retrieve a single character

insect*

en?oblast (endoblast, entoblast)

Document Delivery

Available through the "Find it at Tufts" button.

E-mail

From the Output Records box, choose the E-Mail icon.

Print

From the Output Records box, choose the Print icon.

Search Tips

Feature

Example

Keyword

corn

Broaden

Use "or"

Corn or maize

Narrow

Use "and"

Use "not"

Corn and disease

Corn and disease not united states

Limit

By year, record type and language

Truncation

Use "*" to find term variations.

Use "+" to find plurals.

Use "#" to find a single character

Bio* (finds biology, biological, Biologists, etc.)

Mammal+ (finds mammals)

Wom#n (finds woman, women, Womyn)

Document Delivery

Available through the "Find it at Tufts" button.

E-mail

Choose the E-mail icon at the top of the results screen.

Print

Choose the Print icon at the top of the results screen.

Search Tips

Feature

Example

Keyword

Database defaults to Keyword search

Insects or bugs

Broaden

Use "or"

Narrow

Use "and"

Use "not"

Insects and flight

Insects not United States

Limit

By date, full text, refereed publications or journal title.

Truncation

Use "*" to find term Variations

Use "?" to find one character

Use "!" to find one or no characters

Brown* (finds browns, browning, browned, brownfields, etc.)

Defen?e (finds defense or defence)

Product! (finds product or products)

Document Delivery

Available through the "Find it at Tufts" button.

E-mail

After marking the items, choose the e-mail delivery option located on the left side navigation bar.

Print

After marking the items, choose the print option located on the left side navigation bar.

Search Tips

Feature

Example

Keyword

Use Basic Search

biodiversity

Broaden

Use "OR"

biodiversity OR "biological diversity"

Narrow

Choose "AND" from drop-down menu

biodiversity AND rainforests

Limit

Use Advanced Search and limit by year; articles, reviews, opinion  pieces; groups of journals or individual journals; abstract, title, author

biodiversity AND rainforests. Limit by Botany and Ecology journals

Truncation

Use "?" to search for singular and plural  forms of a word

bird*

Document Delivery

Not needed, this is a full text database

Email

Choose File from Windows Menu Bar, then Send Frame

Print

From Search Results list, choose "Print"

Search Tips

Feature

Example

Keyword

Choose quick search; then select link to specific databases

butterflies

Broaden

Select "Edit Search" and use "OR"

butterflies OR Lepidoptera

Narrow

Use "and"
Use "not"

butterflies and migration
butterflies and migration not Mexico

Limit

By year source, subject

Truncation

All possible suffix variations

butter*

Document delivery

Available through the "Find it at Tufts" button.

E-mail

Select documents, then choose E-Mail articles from menu bar.

Print

From the result list choose PDF link to retrieve full text. Then use Print icon in Adobe Acrobat

Search Tips

Feature

Example

Keyword

Use TOPIC search

bioluminescence

Broaden

Use "or"

bioluminescence or chemiluminescent

Narrow

Use "and"

Use "not"

bioluminescence and insects and selection

bioluminescence and insects not bacteria

Limit

By date, language, document types, organisms.

Truncation

Use "*" to find term variations

Use "?" to find a single character

biolumines* (finds bioluminescence, bioluminescent)

Wom?n (finds women, woman, womyn)

Document Delivery

Available through the "Find it at Tufts" button.

E-mail

From the marked records screen, choose the e-mail icon.

Print

From the marked records screen, choose the print icon.

Search Tips

Feature

Example

Keyword

Use BASIC search

"Common loon"

Broaden

Use "or"

"Common loon" or "Gavia immer"

Narrow

Use "and"

Use "not"

("Common loon" or "Gavia immer") and habitat

("Common loon" or "Gavia immer") and not Canada

Limit

By data, document type, subject area.

Truncation

Use "*" to find term variations

Use "*" to find a single character

conserv* (finds conserve, conservation)

behavi*r (finds behavior and behaviour)

Document Delivery

Available through the "Find it at Tufts" button.

E-mail

From the results page by clicking on the E-mail icon.

Print

From the results page by clicking on the Print icon.