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Words anywhere (search all fields) Use "words or phrase" search.

Enter the words, with a space between each.

 Words or phrase = el nino southern oscillation

Finds records with the four words anywhere within the record and in any order (words may be in different fields)
Word string
 Choose specific field or use "words or phrase" search.
 
Enclose required word string within apostrophes		 Title = ‘el nino southern oscillation’
 
Finds only records with titles containing the words together in the given order.
Word with variant spellings
 One-character variation: 
 
Replace the variant character by ?		 words or phrase = organi?e
 
Finds organise and organize
Extra character(s) variation:
 
Replace the variant character(s) by $ and the relevant number, and the search will retrieve records containing words with and without the extra characters		 Words or phrase = model$1ing
 
Finds modeling and modelling
Variant endings of words:
 
Enter the common start of the word, followed by $		 Words or phrase = isobar$
 
Finds isobar, isobars, isobaric, isobariche, isobaren, isobariques, etc.
Combination variations:
 
? and $n can be used together in a word		 Words or phrase = paramet$1ri?ation
 
Winds parameterisation, parameterization, parametrisation, parametrization
Word string containing words used as operators (words like and, or, not) or stopwords (very common words such as a, an, of, the), which would normally be ignored in a string search Enclose required search word string within apostrophes, then enclose special word(s) within double quotation marks
 Title = 'time "and" tide'

Finds titles which contain the word string "time and tide"

Title = 'time and tide'

Finds only titles which contain the word "time" AND the word "tide" - the "and" in the phrase is ignored)
Words or word strings to be included/excluded, searching across one or more named fields
 Go to Power Search and select fields and operators as required, using the drop-down lists Author surname = fitzroy AND

Title = meteorology

Finds titles containing the word meteorology where the author surname is FitzRoy.

Author surname = fitzroy NOT

Title = meteorology

Finds titles where the author surname is FitzRoy and which do not contain the word meteorology

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