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words anywhere

a list of all records containing the search term(s)

construct search using operators, nesting and/or truncation

omit all punctuation

author, title, periodical title, subject, medical subject or series keyword

a list of all records containing the search term(s) in the selected field

construct search using operators, nesting and/or truncation

omit all punctuation

use field limits carefully

author, title, periodical title, subject, medical subject or series begins with an alphabetical list of authors, titles, subjects, etc. that begin with the search term(s

use to find known authors, titles, etc.

enter terms in the exact order desired

include hyphens in compound words or proper nouns, such as moby-dick or post-traumatic

omit other punctuation