Database:

Connectors

Proximity Operators

Phrase

Truncation

Wildcard

Plural

Ebscohost:

• Academic Premier

AND
internet AND web

OR
college OR university

NOT
television NOT cable

N#
(near, any order)
tax N5 reform

W
(with, exact order)
tax W5 reform

 

( parentheses )
not exact phrase searching but forced grouping of terms
ex: (gold standard)

"quotation marks"

exact phrase

*
comput* = computer, computing

?

wom?n =
woman, women

Expander: select 'Also search for related words'

FirstSearch:

AND
internet AND web

OR
college OR university

NOT
television NOT cable

W
(with, in that order)
gold W standard = phrase gold standard

W2
(no. 1-25, in that order)
gold W2 standard =
gold within 2 words of standard

N
(near, in any order)
reconstruction N2 Virginia

W connector
(for most phrases)
gold W standard

use " quotation marks" for phrases that include the word near or with
ex: "near east"

*
(min. 3 letters + *)
econom* =
economy economic
economical

#
(represents single letter)
wom#n =
woman women

?
(represents 0-9 letters)
colo?r =
color, colour, colonizer, colorimeter

+
plural formed by s or es...
giraffe+ =
giraffe giraffes

JSTOR:

AND
internet AND web

OR
college OR university

NOT
television NOT cable

~#
(within # of words)
"debt forgiveness"~10

"quotation marks"
exact phrase

*
bird *=
bird, birding, birds

?
single character
wom?n

*
multiple characters
p*diatric=
pediatric, paediatric

&

bus&=
bus, busses

LexisNexis:

• Academic

AND
internet AND web

OR
college OR university

AND NOT
television AND NOT cable

w/#
(within X no. of words)
reconstruction w/15 Virginia

w/s
(within same sentence)
reconstruction w/s Virginia

pre/#
(first word preceding by # of words)
gold pre/5 standard

NOT w/#
(not within # of words)
rico NOT w/5 puerto

w/p
(within same paragraph)
doctor w/p malpractive

" quotation marks"
(exact phrase)
ex: "New York"

!
econom! =
economy economic
economical

*
educat** =
educated
educator
not education

Or
wom*n =
woman women

automatic for regularly formed plurals

plural (williams)
only plural form

singular (william)
only singular form

Proquest:

• Historical Newspapers/New York Times
• Research Library

AND
internet AND web

OR
college OR university

AND NOT
television AND NOT cable

w/#
reconstruction w/15 Virginia

pre/#
gold pre/5 standard

w/PARA
(within same paragaraph)
internet w/PARA education

w/DOC
(within document text)
internet w/DOC education

NOT w/#
(not within # words)
computer NOT w/2 careers

" quotation marks"
only for phrases 3+ words
ex: "New York City"

*
econom* =
economy economic
economical

?
educat?? =
educated
educator
not education

Or
wom?n= woman women

not automatically included