Searching ProQuest: Stop Words

Scope

• ProQuest does not search on certain words (Stop Words) that are frequently used unless:
  • The Stop Words are in a phrase that is enclosed by quotation marks " " and
  • The phrase is 3 words or longer.
  • Examples:
    • old man and the sea will be searched as: old and man and sea
    • "old man and the sea" will be searched as: old man and the sea
• ProQuest does search on Stop Words that are part of a 2-word phrase, whether enclosed in quotation marks " " or not.
  • Example: other worlds

Scope

A	ABOUT	AFTER	ALL	ALSO	AN	AND
ANY	ARE	AS	AT	BASED	BE	BECAUSE
BEEN	BETWEEN	BOTH	BUT	BY	CAN	COULD
DO	EACH	EVEN	FIRST	FOR	FROM	HAD
HAS	HAVE	HE	HER	HIGH	HIS	HOW
I	IF	IN	INTO	IS	IT	ITS
JUST	LAST	LIKE	MAKE	MANY	MAY	MORE
MOST	MUCH	NEW	NO	NOT	NOW	OF
ON	ONE	ONLY	OR	OTHER	OUR	OUT
OVER	S	SAID	SAYS	SHE	SHOULD	SO
SOME	SUCH	THAN	THAT	THE	THEIR	THEM
THERE	THESE	THEY	THIS	THOSE	THREE	THROUGH
TO	TWO	UP	USE	WAS	WE	WELL
WERE	WHAT	WHEN	WHICH	WHILE	WHO	WILL
WITH	WORK	WOULD	YOU

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