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»	Search Operators: let you connect multiple words together into a single search statement.
»	Field-Restricted Searches: help you search for articles using specific infromation.
»	Field Names List: for using with Field-Restriced Searches and sample use.

Search Operators:

Following is a list of Search Operators and brief descriptions of how they will help you build a search.
Operator			Sample Use		Find articles containing ...

AND			internet AND programming		internet and programming in the same article.
OR			internet OR programming		internet or programming, or both, anywhere in the entire article.
NOT			internet AND NOT programming		internet but not programming.
NEAR			internet NEAR/3 programming		internet occurs within 3 words near programming.
ADJ			internet ADJ programming		programming appears immediately after internet.
W/n			internet W/3 programming		programming occurs within 3 words after internet.
?			int??net		matches internet, intranet...
*			inter*		matches inter, internet, international...
+			program+		matches program, programmed, programming, programmer...
#			program#		matches program, but not programmed, programming, programmer...

Note:
»	ADJ is a default Query Operator. For example: internet programming would be the same as internet ADJ programming
»	Query-Time Stemming is turned off. Use + to force a search for all variants of a query term. For example: program would be the same as program#.

Field-Restricted Searches:

:field
		Field restriction operator for a single word in the query; specifiesthat the word before the colon is to be searched only against field. Example: smith:author specifies that the author field is to be searched for the query word smith.
/F:
		field1, field2...Field restriction operator for the entire query; specifies that the entire query is to be searched against fields. Example: kirk douglas/F:text, author, title specifies that kirk and/or douglas need to be in either the text, author, or the title field for the record to be retrieved.
field=num
		Numeric match operator; specifies that field must exactly match num, where num is a non-negative number. Example: year=1982 requires the contents of the year field to contain 1982.

Field Names List:

Fields help you search for articles using specific information, such as an author or a company name.The list below highlights the most frequency used fields.

These are the fields and what they can help you find.						Sample Use

AUTHOR				Author(s)		THAW KAUNG, U :AUTHOR
TITLE				Title		Catalogue of book in the library of B.R.S. :TITLE
SUBJECT				subject		BURMA - RESEARCH SOCIETY :SUBJECT
PART				Part		2 :PART
YEAR				Year		1964 :YEAR
VOLUME				Volume		47 :VOLUME



Complete set of 59 Volumes (1911-1977) Published by Burma Research Society, (1910-1980), in Rangoon, Bi-annual.

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