Database Search Tips

Selected Database Search Tips Database: Ebscohost: AcademicSearch Complete

FirstSearch:

JSTOR:

Connectors

N# (near, any order) tax N5 reform W# (within, exact order) tax W5 reform

AND internet AND web OR college OR university NOT television NOT cable

W (with, in that order) gold W standard = phrase gold standard W2 (no. 1-25, in that order) gold W2 standard = gold within 2 words of standard N (near, in any order) reconstruction N2 Virginia

AND internet AND web OR college OR university NOT television NOT cable

AND internet AND web OR college OR university AND NOT television AND NOT cable

Proquest: Historical Newspapers: New York Times RReseach Library

Proximity Operators

AND internet AND web OR college OR university NOT television NOT cable

LexisNexis: LexisNexis Academic

Ebscohost | FirstSearch | JStor | LexisNexis | Proquest

AND internet AND web OR college OR university AND NOT television AND NOT cable

~# (within # of words) "debt forgiveness"~10

Phrase ( ) parentheses not exact phrase grouping of terms ex: (gold standard) "quotation marks" exact phrase

W connector (for most phrases) gold W standard Use quotation marks “ “ for phrases that include the word near or with ex: "near east"

"quotation marks" exact phrase

Truncation * comput* = computer, computing

* (min. 3 letters + *) econom* = economy economic economical

* bird *= bird, birding, birds

Plural

? wom?n = woman or women Expander: # select Alternate spelling may contain 'Apply related words' extra characters Colo#r=Color, colour # (represents single letter) wom#n = woman women ? (represents 0-9 letters) colo?r = color, colour, colonizer, colorimeter

+ plural formed by s or es... giraffe+ = giraffe giraffes

? single character wom?n * multiple characters p*diatric= pediatric, paediatric

&

bus&= bus, busses

Automatic for regularly formed plurals

w/# (within X no. of words) reconstruction w/15 Virginia w/s (within same sentence) reconstruction w/s Virginia pre/# (first word preceding by # of words) gold pre/5 standard NOT w/# (not within # of words) rico NOT w/5 puerto w/p (within same paragraph) doctor w/p malpractice

quotation marks " “ (exact phrase) ex: "New York"

! econom! = economy economic economical

w/# reconstruction w/15 Virginia pre/# gold pre/5 standard w/PARA (within same paragraphs) internet w/PARA education w/DOC (within document text) internet w/DOC education NOT w/# (not within # words) computer NOT w/2 careers

quotation marks " “ only for phrases 3+ words ex: "New York City"

* econom* = economy economic economical

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Barbara Norelli / Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College

* educat** = educated educator not education Or wom*n = woman women

? educat?? = educated educator not education Or wom?n= woman women

Last Update: October 19, 2009

plural (williams) only plural form singular (william) only singular form

not automatically included