| Limits | If applying Search Limits (date, language, format, etc.), set them before entering search terms.
LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO AUTHOR, SUBJECT AND CALL NUMBER SEARCHES. |
| Title or Journal Title | Omit initial articles (a, an, the, das, el, la, etc.) when doing a title search: petit prince rather than le petit prince Non-Keyword searches automatically truncate to the right when abbreviated: the title zen and the art retrieves all titles that start with this phrase. |
| Author | Enter last name first for author searches: carson rachel |
| Subject Heading | Use Library of Congress Subject Headings for subject searches:
Ecology United States Maps |
| Call Number | Punctuation is necessary only in call number searches:
tx911.3 m27 c57 (Note decimal point and spaces) |
| Author--Sorted by Title | For searching musical works by composers or works by prolific authors
Enter last name first: shakespeare william |
| Relevance Keyword | Use quotes to search phrases"artificial intelligence" Use + to mark essential terms: +cornell Use ! to exclude terms: java !indonesia Use ? with partial words to find variant endings: manage? finds manager, managers, management, etc. Do not use Boolean operators: and, or, not.. |
| Command Keyword | Use quotes to search phrases: "artificial intelligence" Combine search terms with Boolean operators: and, or, not. Use parentheses to group terms in complex searches: (residence or home or housing)and (elderly or aged) Use ? with partial words to find variant endings: manage? finds manager, managers, management, etc. Use field codes to r
efine your search: kpub cornell retrieves materials published by Cornell. |
