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Comparison of Some of the Searching Functions of INFOTRAC, EBSCO, & PROQUEST
  • FUNCTIONS
    •
    INFOTRAC
    EBSCO
    PROQUEST

    BOOLEANS

  • AND
    •
    and, +
    and
    and
  • OR
    •
    or
    or
    or
  • NOT
    •
    not, -
    not
    and not

    NESTING
    ( )
    ( )
    ( )

    PHRASE SEARCHING
    "word word"

    "word word"

    WILDCARD/TRUNCATION

  • ONLY 1 CHAR
    •
    ?
    ?
    *
  • 1 OR NO CHARS.
    •
    !

  • ANY # OF CHARS.
    •
    *

    TRUNCATION ONLY

    *
    ?

    PROXIMITY OPs

  • NEAR (either direction)
    •
    word n# word
    word n# word
    word w/# word
  • NEAR (in order)
    •
    word w# word
    word w# word
    word pre/# word
  • NOT NEAR (either dir.)
    •

    word not w/# word
  • ANYWHERE IN DOC.
    •

    word w/doc word

    FIELD CODES

    RED = Advanced only
  • ALL INDEXES,FIELDS
    •

    index(word)
  • AUTHOR
    •
    au words
    au words
    author(first last)
  • TITLE
    •
    ti words
    ti words
    title(old man and the sea)
  • SUBJECT
    •
    su words
    su words
    sub(world wide web)
  • BROWSE SUBJECTS
    •
    sj= words

  • KEYWORD
    •
    kw (most inclusive)

  • ABSTRACT
    •
    ab (in abstract)
    ab (in abstract)
    abs(word)
  • TEXT
    •
    tx (in text)

  • PERSONAL NAME
    •

    name(stephen king))
  • COMPANY NAME
    •

    co(apple computer)
  • STOCK TICKER
    •

    co(aapl)
  • PRODUCT NAME
    •

    prod(imac)
  • GEOGRAPHICAL NAME
    •

    geo(los angeles)
  • ARTICLE TYPE
    •

    dtype(editorial)
  • SOURCE, JOURNAL
    •
    jn words
    so words
    source(tv guide)
  • BROWSE JOURNALS
    •
    jn= words

  • SOURCE TYPE
    •

    stype(dissertation)
  • REFEREED
    •
    re

  • SIC (STD. INDUST. NO.)
    •
    si number

  • SECTION (OF PUB.)
    •

    section(sports)
  • ILLUSTRATION TYPE
    •

    il wor

  • CAPTION (of GRAPHIC)
    •

    cap(word)
  • ISSN
    •

    is number
    issn(08866643)
  • ACCESSION, RECORD #
    •
    rn number
    an number

    DATES
    da date

    date(jan 23 2000)
  • FORMATS
    •
    Most, but NO hyphens

  • OPERATORS
    •

  • AFTER
    •
    since, after, gt, >

  • ON or AFTER
    •
    ge

  • BEFORE
    •
    before, it, <

  • ON or BEFORE
    •
    le

  • BETWEEN
    •
    to, -

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