" "
To search for specific phrases, enclose them in quotation marks. The database will search for those words together in that order.
Examples:
“credit card”
"Victorian tea set"
"rolling pin"
"gold coins"
AND, OR
Join together search terms in a logical manner.
AND - narrows searches, used to join dissimilar terms
OR - broadens searches, used to join similar terms
Examples:
#1 AND example
mosaic AND iconography
#2 OR example
sculpture OR figurine
#3 AND and OR example
photo-realism OR super-realism
AND
"American art"
TRUNCATION
Truncate a word in order to search for different forms of the same word. Many database use the asterisk * as the truncation symbol.
Example:
Truncate the word architect* and you will search for architect, architects, architecture, etc.
Add the truncation symbol to the word paint* to search for paint, painter, painters, painting etc.
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