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| To find | Try this | Examples |
| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Combination variations: ? and $n can be used together in a word |
Words or phrase
= paramet$1ri?ation Winds parameterisation, parameterization, parametrisation, parametrization |
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| 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 |