To Narrow Your Search
- Combine your terms with AND and NOT.
| Example: |
ADHD and children |
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ADHD not children |
- Check Adjacency box when you want
your search terms to be next to each other.
Example: Enter "revolutionary america" to find
all items with these terms in this order.
- Use the
pull-down menu to limit by a specific material.
Example: Selecting Video/DVD will only return results
from the Video and DVD collection.
- Use Advanced Search to limit by language or date.
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To Broaden Your Search
- Combine your terms with OR.
Example: ADHD or hyperactivity
- Use an asterisk (*) symbol to search for variations on a word.
Example: hyperact* (for hyperactivity, hyperactive,
hyperactiveness, etc.)
- Use a broader concept
Example: instead of "ADHD", use "learning
disabilities"
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