Keywords can be from the article title, summary, periodical title and abstract. Read the Help screens for the database being searched to determine which fields are being searched. A research tool which allows you to search for articles by subject. Indexes are published commercially or by associations and therefore do not indicate if a particular library owns a periodical title. Use parenthesis to dictate order of operation, or to link terms or concepts that might otherwise be separated.
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In popular magazines, some articles are unsigned. These publications usually do not have bibliographies or references. Type n between two words to specify that records found contain both words, in any order, with no other words between them. NEAR Finds documents containing both specified words or phrases within 10 words of each other. For information about proximity searches using other vendors, use the vendor help screens.