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Multiple Words global warming = global AND warming = warming global = warming AND global

global warming =

global AND warming =

warming global =

warming AND global

Phrase Searches “global warming” ≠ global warming Searches for global and warming to occur anywhere in the same record. Parenthesis: searches for global warming as a phrase in a record.

“global warming” ≠ global warming

Boolean Operators dog AND cat dog OR cat dog NOT cat

dog AND cat

dog OR cat

dog NOT cat

Wildcards * inter* = interim OR internet OR internal etc. inter* ≠ international col*r = color OR colour etc. replaces up to 5 non space characters

inter* = interim OR internet OR internal etc.

inter* ≠ international

col*r = color OR colour etc.

Wildcards ** comput** = computer OR computation etc. replaces any number of non space characters

comput** = computer OR computation etc.

Wildcards ? wom?n = women OR woman etc. replaces a single character anywhere in a word

wom?n = women OR woman etc.

Proximity Operators international NEAR conference Used to retrieve records that contain the specified words or phrases within ten words of each other in the same indexed field.

international NEAR conference

field limits Limits specific words or phrases to a specific field

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