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ISU Library Basics 

What you need to know to get started with your research at the ISU Library.
Last update: Nov 20th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.indstate.edu/isulibbasics  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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ISU Library Catalog

EBSCO
Host Web

JSTOR

LexisNexis Academic

Ovid

ProQuest

WebSPIRS Silver Platter

WorldCat

Truncation

(any #)

?

*

*

& (plurals only)

!

$

:

*

*

*

+ (plurals only)

Wildcard

(one char)

%

?

?

*

#

$x (0-9 char)

? (0-1 char)

?

?

#

? (0-9 char)

phrase

"..."

As a phrase

[default]

"..."

[default]

[default] 

"..."

[default]

"..."

AND

AND
All of these

AND

AND

AND

AND

AND

AND

AND

OR

OR

Any of these

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

NOT

NOT

NOT

NOT

AND NOT

NOT

AND NOT

NOT

NOT

proximity

(x is any number)

 

Wx
within, in order

Nx
near, any order

.

PRE/x

within, in order

W/x

within, any order

W/s
sentence
W/p
paragraph

ADJn

within, any order

.xy./FREQ=n

number occurrences

PRE/x

within, in order

W/x

within, any order

adj

within, in order

NEARx
near, any order

 NEAR
sentence

WITH
same field

W/x

within, in order

Nx
near, any order

limit to full text?

no

yes

all fulltext

all fulltext

yes

yes

no

no

limit to peer-reviewed?

no

yes

no

no

no

yes

no

no

print records?

yes

yes

yes

yes

es

yes

yes

yes

e-mail records?

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

download records?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

 

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