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Using Keyword Searching

There are some good tools you can use in keyword searching.

Click on each tool below to learn more about its use.

 

Jigsaw puzzle

Joker

Connectors
Combine your search terms using AND, OR, and NOT
Truncation
Search for word variants using truncation symbols
Nesting
Use parentheses to help organize your search
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Original (c) UNBLILT material 2003-2004 by the University of New Brunswick Libraries, Instruction Services Group. UNBLILT incorporates material from Searchpath, a tutorial developed by Western Michigan University 2001-2002, and from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library 1998-2002. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the UNBLILT, Searchpath, and TILT Open Publication Licenses.