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Combining Search terms IN The Basic Search

 

Combining Search Terms Using Boolean Operators

To combine search terms in the Basic Search the Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT can be used.

Note:                          The operators AND, OR, and NOT must be entered in English using capital letters.

 

AND

Finds documents containing all of the search terms joined with AND

OR

Finds documents containing at least one of the search terms joined by OR

NOT

Finds documents containing the search term preceding NOT but not containing the search term following NOT


When more than one search term is entered without a combination operator, the search terms are automatically joined with AND.

Example:

Basic Search:            russisch* AND revolution
Results:                     Finds contributions that contain both search terms, regardless of whether both terms occur in the same or in different categories (Contributor, Contribution title or Publication title). The search with the wildcard character (asterisk) makes sure that the terms russisch, russische and russischen are found.

 

Use the combination operator OR when searching for documents containing at least one of the search terms.

Basic Search:            russisch* OR revolution
Results:                     Contributions found contain one of these search terms in the categories Contributor, Contribution title or Publication title.

 

Use the operator NOT in order to exclude specific terms.

Basic Search:            russisch* NOT revolution
Results:                    Contributions found contain the term russische and russischen but not the term revolution in the categories Contributor, Contribution title or Publication title.

 

 

Phrase Search

A phrase consists of several words enclosed in quotation marks, designating a prescribed expression or a specified word order. Thus a phrase search will only find records containing the search terms occurring in the order in which they were entered.


Example:

Basic Search:            "An Anna Blume"  
Results:                     Contributions found contain this expression in the categories Contributor, Contribution title or Publication title.

  

Basic Search:            "Tzara Tristan" OR "Tristan Tzara"  
Results:                      Contributions found contain at least one of these phrases in the categories Contributor, Contribution title or Publication title; including all contributions by Tzara, because the name is recorded as "Tzara Tristan" in the category Contributor.

 

 

    Basic Search – Overview

    Wildcard Characters in the Basic Search