IN searches for records that contain a term in a specified field. NEAR searches for records that contain both of two terms in the same sentence. NOT searches for records that contain one term but not another. OR searches for records that contain either or both of two or more terms. WITH searches for records that contain both of two terms in the same field.
Truncation is used to search for all forms of a word.
Parentheses can be used to group terms joined by OR in a complex search statement. Open ERIC . Type the search you developed in the text field. Anywhere search, deselect it and choose where you would like to search. You can also select the Language in which you wish to search.