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Advanced Search

An Advanced Search finds records using keywords located anywhere in a record, or only in specific fields. To perform an Advanced search:
 

1. Enter the search term(s) you want to find in the Search for field. See the Search Examples at the bottom of the Simple Search screen to help you accurately search for phrases, combine terms, eliminate terms, and find expanded forms of your terms.
2. The default search criteria can be modified for your search
  • Select from the Search in dropdown list to search for :
    any of these (search terms)
    all of these  (search terms)
    as a phrase  (search terms)
  • Select with Boolean operator you want applied to the next search term(s): AND, OR, or NOT.
  • Narrow your search by entering information in the Search for field and selecting options and Boolean operators from the dropdown list as needed.
3. Click the Limits icon if you want to limit your Keyword search based on other criteria.
4. Click the Search Catalog button to begin your search.  Click the Reset button to clear the search page.
 

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