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EXAMPLES |
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PHRASE |
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Surround a phrase in quotation marks.
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"medical malpractice"
"law of the sea"
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ADJACENCY |
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A space separating two words works like "and".
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labor relations = labor and relations
child custody = child and custody
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| TRUNCATION |
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Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk.
Use
a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters.
Use
a double asterisk ** for open-ended
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bank*
[picks up bank, banker, banking, but not
bankruptcy]
tax**
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| OPERATORS |
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Use "and" or "or" to search for
multiple
words in any field, any order. Use "and not"
to exclude words. Parentheses group words together
when
using operators. |
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restatement
and "tentative draft"
(employ* or labor) and "Washington State" |
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| PROXIMITY |
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Use "near" to search for words close to each
other (within 10 words, in the same field), in any
order.
Use "within #" to search for words within a
specific number of words, in any order |
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constitution near "first amendment"
association within 3 "law school"
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| FIELDS |
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Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation.
Fields
available for this database are au: (author), ti:
(title),
su: (subject), and no: (notes and additional
keywords). |
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au:rodgers
and ti:environment*
au:united states and (su:handicapped or
su:disabled) |
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