Search Examples for Word and Field Searches


Search TypeSearch TermsReturns

Wordpres*
(* is used to retrieve multiple endings for word roots)
documents with
"presidency", "presidents", "president", "presidential", "press"
anywhere in the document.

Wordpresiden?
(? is used to retrieve single character endings for word roots)
documents with
"president" or "presidents"
anywhere in the document. Plurals are automatic.

Title Fieldpres*; political; oval office; election  (search for multiple title words)documents with
"presidency", "presidents", "president", "presidential", "press", "oval office", "political", and "election"
only if they appear in the title field.

Complex Field Search with Author, Title and Subject field searchesAuthor:   Morris, Richard S

Title:  pres*; oval office

Subject:  clinton

with the parameter:  "All of the Above."  This means that all of the terms MUST be present in their respective fields if the document is to be returned in the search results. This is a narrow search that is geared to identify specific documents.
documents where:
Richard Morris is author and the words "presidency", "presidents", "president", "presidential", "press" or "oval office" appears in the title and "Clinton" appears in the subject heading.

Complex Field Search with Author, Title and Subject field searchesAuthor:   Morris, Richard S

Title:  pres*; oval office

Subject:  Clinton; Carter - Jimmy -

with the parameter:  "Any of the Above."  This means that any of the terms can be present in their respective fields if the document is to be returned in the search results. This is a broader search.
documents where:
Richard Morris is author OR "presidency", "presidents", "president", "presidential", "press" or "oval office" appears in the title OR "Clinton" or "Carter" appears in the subject heading.