| Truncation |
allows you to search for all variations of a “root”
word. e.g. educat* will
look for education, educational, educating, educators. Truncation
can be entered with an asterisk (*) or by clicking the Truncation
tick box.
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| Boolean logical terms |
such as AND,
OR, NOT
allow you to refine your search strategy. Human
AND resources will look for both words in an article. Staff
OR employees will look for either word in an article. UK
NOT America will discard articles that mention America.
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| Refining searches |
Click on Modify
search while you are viewing the list of results. This will
take you back to the search screen. You can now refine your search
using Truncation or Boolean
logical terms. To search within the original set of results,
click Search in these results.
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Marking lists
(to print, download or email) |
Adding your search results to a marked list will allow
you to save article records for printing, saving or emailing.
To use this feature you should register with the free My
Profile service described above, from here you can create
and manage your marked lists.
To add a record to your marked list click on the Add
to my list link below each search result. When you have finished,
you can click on Marked List
on the left hand tool bar to print, download or email the items.
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| Search History |
The search screens for quick search and advanced search
display a list of your searches (on that particular computer). If
you click on a search link you can run the search again. Please note
that if someone else uses that computer then the history may be lost.
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