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The Magic of Indexing

The parts of each record or citation in an index or database are searchable. These parts are called fields.

When you search by a field, the computer will "look" only in that field when it looks through all the records in the database. It will try to match your search term.

For example, an . . .

Author, Title, Subject and Date searching

But a Keyword Search looks for items anywhere in the record. It is the broadest search.

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