a. Use the OR operator to expand your search e.g. Computer OR Internet
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OneSearch retrieves the following:
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Number of search results increases |
b. Use the AND operator to combine two or more search terms, e.g. Computer AND Internet
| Note | Effect |
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OneSearch retrieves the following:
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Number of search results decreases |
c. Use the NOT operator to remove unwanted search results e.g. Computer NOT Internet
| Note | Effect |
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OneSearch retrieves the following:
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Number of search results decreases |
Click here to find out more on the use of boolean operators and truncated terms in your searches.
a. Some concepts are quite complex and cannot be expressed as a single word e.g. Interest Rates, Global Warming.
Use phrase searching to search for such phrases using quotation marks - "Interest Rates", "Global Warming".
When one conducts a phrase search in OneSearch, only records containing the the search terms in the specified order will be retrieved.
a. Use truncations (*) to search different forms of a word with a common word-root
For example: Comput* will search for the following:
- computer;computing; computational; computers
See print-screen below.
Wildcard '?' is used to replace a single unknown letter in a search term.
For example, f?x will retrieve the following:
a. Sometimes, you might not be able to find a journal from OneSearch. In such a situation, it would be better if you could conduct your search using the "Journal Search" tab as shown below.
b. Select the "DATABASES" tab to search in specific known databases
