Getting started with Infotrac Powersearch

Limit your searches to produce a smaller result set more precisely focused on what you want, such as articles with full text, articles from refereed publications or particular journals, or articles published within a date range.

Use logical operators such as AND, OR, NOT to refine your search strategy. Stress AND work 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.

Use wildcard symbols (*?!) in your search terms. Technolog* will look for technology, technological, technologically. ?ffective will look for effective and affective. Colo!r will looks for the British and American spelling. Searching for job! will find job and jobs.