Choose your database for tips on using truncation/wildcards, connectors, proximity searching and more.
| Database |
Truncation/Wildcard |
Connectors |
Proximity |
Author |
ABC-CLIO
·America: History & Life
·Historical Abstracts
|
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase" |
Author
"dickens charles"
in keyword box
dickens charles
in author box
Plurals yourword*
Email record yes
Alert services yes |
L'Annee Philologique |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation; can be used at the beginning of words in the whole text, word(s) in title, publisher and collection fields. |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting no |
Proximity
your phrase |
Author
"lastnameonly"
in author box;
use the intermediary list to distinguish
between authors
Plurals yourword*
Email record yes
Alert services no |
BAS Online: Bibiliography of Asian Studies |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting use Advanced Search form |
Proximity
your phrase |
Author
dickens charles
or
charles dickens
Plurals yourword*
Email record yes; from bookbag
Alert services no |
BiblioLine
·Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption
·RILM Abstracts of Music Literature |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes
|
Proximity
"your phrase"
adjx in same order nearx in any order
x = a number |
Author
dickens, c
for CACW&A
or
dickens, charles
for RILM
Plurals yourword*
Email record yes
Alert services no |
| Business & Industry |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
|
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
enter words in order for phrase; do not use " "
near in any order |
Author
charles dickens
Plurals yourword*
Email fulltext yes
Alert services no |
CIOS
·ComAbstracts
·Open Journals Index |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
~ find forms of a word |
Connectors
and
or
not
xor one or the other, not both
Nesting yes
|
Proximity
... in same order
technology ... budget
/x/ in any order
technology/10/budget
x = a number |
Author
dickens
Plurals yourword~
Email record yes
Alert services no |
CSA Illumina
·Criminal Justice Abstracts
·ERIC
·Index Islamicus
·Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
·Social Services Abstracts
·Sociological Abstracts |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting automatic |
Proximity
"your phrase"
within x in any order near in any order within 10 words
before relative order
after relative order
x = a number |
Author
dickens charles
in anywhere box
Plurals yourword*
Email record yes
Alert services yes |
EBSCO
·Academic Search Premier
·Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
·CINAHL & Pre-CINAHL
·EBSCO Animals
·Econlit
·Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
·GeoRef
·MAS Ultra - School Edition
·MEDLINE
·Military & Government Collection
·MLA Directory of Periodicals
·MLA International Bibliography
·Nursing & Allied Health Collection
·Primary Search
·Serials Directory
·SPORTDiscus
|
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase"
wx for same order
nx in any order x = a number |
Author
dickens charles
dickens c*
for CINAHL & Pre-CINAHL
GeoRef
MEDLINE
n/a
for
EBSCOAnimals
Funk & Wagnalls
MLA Directory
Plurals automatic
Email fulltext yes
Alert services some |
| Factiva |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
enter words in order for phrase
w/x for same order
nearx in any order
same in same paragraph
x = a number |
Author
charles dickens
Plurals yourword*
Email fulltext yes
Alert services no |
| FirstSearch
·ArticleFirst
·ClasePeriodica
·Ebooks
·Electronic Collection Online
·ERIC
·GPO
·MEDLINE
·PapersFirst
·ProceedingsFirst
·UnionLists
·WoldAlmanac
·WorldCat
|
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
# single character substitution
?x specified number of characters x = a number |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase"
wx for same order n any order, no words between
nx in any order |
Author
dickens charles
dickens c*
for
ClasePeriodica
ECO
MEDLINE
PapersFirst
ProceedingsFirst
n/a
for
UnionLists
WorldAlmanac
Plurals yourword+
Email record yes
Alert services |
Highwire |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase" |
Author
dickens c
in author box
Purals automatic
Email fulltext yes
Alert services yes |
ISI Web of Knowledge
·Arts & Humanities Citation Index
·Science Citation Index Expanded
·Social Sciences Citation Index
·Web of Science
·Zoological Record
|
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation, can be used internal
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
enter words in order for phrase
same in the same field |
Author
dickens c*
Plurals yourword*
Email record yes
Alert services yes |
| JSTOR |
Truncation/ Wildcard
? single character substitution, enter up to seven ? for truncation
|
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase"
~x in any order
x = a number
|
Author
(charles dickens)
Plurals yourword&
Email not from public workstations
Alert services no |
Lexis/Nexis
·Academic
·Congressional |
Truncation/ Wildcard
! multi-character truncation
* single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
enter words in order for phrase
w/x in any order
w/p in same paragraph
w/s in same sentence
x = a number |
Author
charles w/3 dickens
Plurals automatic
Email fulltext yes
Alert services no |
NewsBank
·AccessUN
·NewsBank NewsFile Collection
·Noticias en Español |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation or substitution
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
adjx in same order
nearx in any order
x = a number |
Author
charles near2 dickens
Plurals yourword*
Email full text yes
Alert services no |
Ovid
·BIOSIS Previews
·Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
·Journals@Ovid Full Text
·PsycINFO
|
Truncation/ Wildcard
$ multi-character truncation
# single character substitution
? zero or single character substitution
Must turn off mapping function.
|
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
enter words in order for phrase
ADJx in any order
x = a number
Must turn off mapping function. |
Author
dickens c$.au.
Plurals yourword$
Email record yes
Alert services yes |
| Project MUSE |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase" |
Author
dickens charles
or
charles dickens
Plurals yourword*
Email fulltext yes
Alert services yes |
ProQuest
·ABI/INFORM
·Alt-PressWatch
·AMA Titles: Abstracts & Indexing
·EIU ViewsWire
·Ethnic NewsWatch
·GenderWatch
·Hoover's Company Records
·Los Angeles Times Historical
·National Newspaper Abstracts
·New York Times Historical
·OxResearch
·ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
·ProQuest Newspapers
·ProQuest Research Library
·Snapshots North America
|
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
enter words in order for 2 word phrases
"phrase longer than 2 words"
w/x in any order
w/doc anywhere in document
x = a number |
Author
charles dickens
or
dickens charles
Plurals automatic
Email fulltext yes
Alert services yes |
RLG Eureka
·Anthropology Plus
·Chicano Database |
Truncation/ Wildcard
? multi-character truncation
|
Connectors
and
or Advanced form search only
and not Advanced search form only
Nesting no |
Proximity
not available |
Author
dickens, charles
Plurals yourword?
Email record yes
Alert services no |
WebSPIRS
·Geography
·PAIS International
·Philospher's Index |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution
|
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase"
adj in same order
near in same sentence, any order
nearx in any order
with in same field x = a number |
Author
dickens-c
for Geography
dickens-charles
for Philsopher's Index
Plurals yourword*
Email records yes
Alert services |
Wilson Web
·Art Abstracts
·Art Index Retrospective 1929-1984
·Education Full Text
·Education Index Retrospective 1929-1983
·Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective 1907-1984
·Reader's Guide Retrospective1890-1982 |
Truncation/ Wildcard
* multi-character truncation
? single character substitution |
Connectors
and
or
not
Nesting yes |
Proximity
"your phrase"
nearx in any order
x = a number |
Author
dickens charles
Plurals automatic
Email record yes
Alert services no |
