To use Advanced Search with Single Find Field:
- Click the Advanced Search link below the Find field.
- On the Advanced Search Screen, enter your search terms in the Find field.
3. Select from the available Search Options:
- Search modes – Use specific search modes, such as “Find all of my search terms,” or “SmartText Searching,” or use search options that expand your search such as “Apply related words.”
- Limit your results – such as Full Text or Publication type.
- Special Limiters – Apply limiters specific to a database. If you select a special limiter, it is applied only to the database under which it appears
4. Click the Search button. The Result List displays. The search field is displayed above the Result List. Your search terms, limiters and expanders are retained. To revise your search, you can apply the limiters under Refine your results. Click the Show More link to view all available limiters and expanders.
Search Tips
Boolean Operators
And - combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example, education and technology finds articles that contain both terms.
Or - combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, education or technology finds results that contain either term.
Not - excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, education not technology finds results that contain
the term education but not the term technology.
Wildcard (?) and Truncation (*) Symbols
Use the wildcard and truncation symbols to create searches where there are unknown characters, multiple spellings or various endings. Neither the wildcard nor the truncation symbol can be used as the first character in a search term.