Searching Databases - Developing Search Strategies
Most databases (including Novanet) use boolean operators, truncation, proximity searching, etc. enabling the searcher to create complex search strategies. This comprehensive guide shares details on search operators, using wildcards or truncation, and much, much more.
Use a database's HELP section (usually upper, right) to learn specifics about a database's search functions.
- MIT Libraries' Guide to Boolean Operators, Truncation, and more....Used with permission of MIT Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
When you see references on this guide specific to MIT Library - for example, contacting MIT via their Ask Us service, think CBU Library instead!
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