You may click the thesaurus button to select terms directly from the thesaurus display. You may click the index button to select terms directly from an index. You may also type or ' to broaden your search, and not ' to exclude a word from a search. Near ' indicates proximity and can be used to specify the number of words in proximity. With ' restricts a search to the same field.
Parentheses clarify the relationships between search terms.
Retrieved set numbers can be combined using the boolean operators and the number sign preceding the set number. Hyphens indicate a phrase taken from the descriptor or other index field. Set other limits is, in many cases, an easier way of limiting than searching the corresponding indexes because you select from the menus rather than thinking of search terms. Click thesaurus , type a term for your topic, click the go to subject button. Then, click an underlined subject to see the thesaurus entry.