Glossary of Selected Terms Used in Database Searching
All of these
Field Searching
Phrase Searching
AND
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Any of these
Implied Boolean Logic
Proximity Searching
As a phrase
Index
Record
Boolean Logic
Keyword
Refine
Boolean Operators
Keyword Searching
Time Period
Citation
Limit
Topic
Coverage
Marking Records
Truncation
False Hits
NOT
Wild Cards
Field
OR
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John Cosgrove
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Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College
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Last updated: April 27, 2003
