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Science Direct

Database

Boolean

Truncation and

Wild cards

Adjacency

SCIENCE DIRECT

 

and

or

and not

! = truncation

* = wild card

w/10 (no order)

pre/10 (preceeds)

w/seg (segment)

Selected Field Tags

Parenthesis ( )

Phrases

journal-name

title

 

authors

text

yes

Yes

NOTE. Examples are for "Enhanced" search mode.

 

Search Example:

1. journal-name(waste management) and (batter! or lead) w/15 recycl!

2. recyc! and (domestic or household or house hold) w/seg (waste or garbage) and not

(africa or europe or asia)

 

This page is maintained by P. Charles Livermore
Reference Librarian, St. John's University, New York.
It was last updated on June 18, 1999.
Suggestions and corrections are welcome and should be sent to him.

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