Search Tips
Multiple Words
Terms are automatically connected with AND
world health organization= world AND health AND organization
Exact Phrase
Enclose an exact phrase in “quotation marks”
“great depression” “code of ethics”
Wildcards
Boolean Operators
Use AND or OR to specify multiple words in any field, in any order.
Use AND NOT to exclude words from your search.
dogs AND training dogs OR pets
opera AND NOT soap
Grouping
Use parenthesis ( ) around OR terms if also using AND
(dogs OR pets) AND training
Proximity Operators
Use NEAR to specify words close (within 10 words) to each other, in any order.
California NEAR university