Search Tips

The search presented performs a keyword search of electronic journal or research database titles and descriptions depending upon which resource you are using. You may simply type in a keyword or word phrase and click the "Search" button. The system will then display a list of electronic journals or research databases whose titles contain that keyword or words you have entered.

Common "stop" words, such as "a","an","and","by","for","from","in","of","the", and "to" will be skipped. When using the search box, please do not use the Boolean operators (OR, NOT). The Boolean operator (AND) is implied, therefore < there is no need to use it in your search.

You may use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to tell the system to search for words that begin with the stem you specify. For example, use comput* to retrieve all titles or descriptions that include the words computer, computers, and computing, etc.

Puncuation marks, non-alpha characters (such as "&" or "/") and/or diacritics in titles or descriptions will be ignored by the search engine. If your search results in an error message please do not hesitate to report it to us.

Search Examples:

Search: journal chemistry - finds all resources that have both of the words "journal" and "chemistry" in the title or database description.

Search: journal comput* - finds all resources that have the word "journal" and the resources that have the word "comput*" as a word stem in the title or database description.

Search: weider's muscle fitness - finds Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness - ignores the apostrophe and ampersand.
Note: searching for Weiders without the apostrophe will return no hits.