Use these search tips in any catalog or database.
Use AND in your search to:
Example: Soviet Union AND cold war
The green space represents the results for this search.
Use OR in your search to:
Example: Soviet Union OR USSR
The green space represents the results for this search.
Use NOT in your search to:
Example: labor unions NOT America
* Add this symbol onto the root of a word to find results that use all variations of that word.
Example: industr* = industry, industries, industrial, industrialization
"..." Place quotation marks around search terms or a search phrase to seach for that exact phrase.
Example: "World War I"
( ) Use parentheses to nest similar terms or to ensure the database will search your terms in the correct order.
Example: Berlin Wall AND (German Democratic Republic OR GDR)