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Proximity
Database: Connectors
Operators
Phrase Truncation Wildcard Plural

( )
?
parenthese
s
wom?n =
not exact woman,
Ebscohost: AND phrase women
internet AND web N# searching
(near, any order)
#
tax N5 reform but forced * Expander:
AcademicSearch OR grouping of comput* = Alternate select
Complete college OR university 'Apply
W# terms computer, spelling
ex: (gold computing may related
NOT (within, exact
contain words'
television NOT cable order) standard)
tax W5 reform extra
characters
"quotation
Colo#r=C
marks"
olor,
exact
colour
phrase

W
(with, in that order) W
gold W connector #
standard = (for most (represents
single letter)
phrase gold phrases)
standard gold W wom#n =
standard woman +
AND W2 * women
internet AND web plural
(no. 1-25, in that
Use (min. 3
order) letters + *) formed
OR gold W2 quotation ? by s or
FirstSearch: econom* = (represents
college OR university standard = marks es...
economy 0-9 letters)
gold within 2 “ “ giraffe+ =
economic colo?r =
NOT words of for phrases giraffe
economical color,
television NOT cable
standard that include giraffes
colour,
the word
colonizer
near or
N ,
with
(near, in any colorimet
order) ex: "near
er
reconstruction east"
N2 Virginia
 ?
single
AND character
internet AND web
wom?n &
~# *
OR "quotation
college OR university (within # of words) bird *= * bus&=
"debt marks" bird, bus,
JSTOR: multiple
forgiveness"~ exact birding, characters busses
NOT phrase
television NOT cable 10 birds p*diatric=
pediatric,
paediatri
c

w/#
(within X no. of
words)
reconstruction Automati
w/15 Virginia c for
regularly
w/s formed
(within same
sentence)
plurals
*
reconstruction educat**
LexisNexis: w/s Virginia = plural
AND (williams)
internet AND web educated
pre/# quotation only
LexisNexis ! educator
(first word marks plural
Academic OR preceding by # of econom! = not
" “ form
college OR university words) economy educatio
(exact phrase)
gold pre/5 economic n
standard ex: "New singular
AND NOT economical
television AND NOT York" (william)
Or
cable only
NOT w/# wom*n =
(not within # of woman singular
words) women form
rico NOT w/5
puerto

w/p
(within same
paragraph)
doctor w/p
malpractive
 w/#
reconstruction
w/15 Virginia

pre/#
gold pre/5
standard

Proquest: w/PARA ?
(within same educat??
paragaraph)
Historical AND =
internet AND web internet quotation *
Newspapers/ New w/PARA educated
marks econom* = educator
York Times OR education " “ economy not not
college OR university only for economic automatic-
educatio ally
phrases 3+ economical
AND NOT n included
words
television AND NOT ex: "New
Research cable w/DOC Or
York City"
(within document wom?n=
Library text)
woman
internet women
w/DOC
education

NOT w/#
(not within #
words)
computer
NOT w/2
careers

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Last Update: September 21, 2009