Use of parentheses in Boolean searches help to create complex Boolean expressions. War AND Peace will return documents that contain the word War and the word Peace. To focus your search on an exact phrase, enter the phrase in double quotes. If certain terms must not appear in your results, eliminate pages containing those words or phrases by placing a - sign before the word or phrase. They can also be contained within larger Boolean expressions.
Fielded searches can contain full Boolean expressions.
Custom Search Folders are the little blue folders at the left of your results page that guide you to just what you've been searching for. These folders make looking for information easier and faster by dynamically grouping your results into meaningful categories. Northern Light organizes all the results returned for your search into Custom Search Folders by subject, type, source, and language. Every time you perform a search on Northern Light, we create a series of Custom Search Folders based on your individual search.