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Database: Connectors Proximity Operators Phrase Truncation Wildcard Plural

Ebscohost: ?
AND N#
( ) parentheses wom?n =
internet AND web (near, any order)
not exact phrase grouping of terms * woman or women Expander:
AcademicSearch OR tax N5 reform
ex: (gold standard) comput* = computer, # select
Complete college OR university W#
"quotation marks" computing Alternate spelling may contain 'Apply related words'
NOT (within, exact order)
exact phrase extra characters
television NOT cable tax W5 reform
Colo#r=Color, colour
W #
(with, in that order) W connector
(represents single letter)
gold W standard = phrase gold (for most phrases)
AND wom#n =
standard gold W standard * +
internet AND web woman women
W2 (min. 3 letters + *) plural formed by s or
OR
FirstSearch: (no. 1-25, in that order) Use quotation marks econom* = es...
college OR university ?
gold W2 standard = “ “ economy economic giraffe+ =
NOT (represents 0-9 letters)
gold within 2 words of standard for phrases that include the word near economical giraffe giraffes
television NOT cable colo?r =
N or with
(near, in any order) color, colour, colonizer,
ex: "near east"
reconstruction N2 Virginia colorimeter
AND ?
internet AND web single character
OR ~# *
"quotation marks" wom?n * & bus&=
college OR university NOT (within # of words) bird *=
exact phrase multiple characters bus, busses
television NOT cable "debt forgiveness"~10 bird, birding, birds
JSTOR: p*diatric=
pediatric, paediatric
Automatic for
w/# regularly formed
(within X no. of words) plurals
reconstruction w/15 Virginia
LexisNexis: *
w/s
educat** = plural (williams)
AND (within same sentence)
educated only plural form
LexisNexis Academic internet AND web reconstruction w/s Virginia quotation marks !
educator
OR pre/# " “ econom! =
not education
college OR university (first word preceding by # of (exact phrase) economy economic
singular (william)
AND NOT words) ex: "New York" economical
Or only singular form
television AND NOT cable gold pre/5 standard NOT w/#
wom*n =
(not within # of words)
woman women
rico NOT w/5 puerto w/p
(within same paragraph)
doctor w/p malpractice

w/#
reconstruction w/15 Virginia
Proquest: pre/#
gold pre/5 standard w/PARA ?
AND
(within same paragraphs) * educat?? =
internet AND web quotation marks " “
Historical Newspapers: internet w/PARA education econom* = educated
OR only for phrases 3+ words
New York Times w/DOC economy economic educator not automatically
college OR university ex: "New York City"
(within document text) economical not education included
AND NOT
internet w/DOC education NOT
RReseach Library television AND NOT cable
w/# Or
(not within # words) wom?n= woman women
computer NOT w/2 careers

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