Searching Dialog: Using the Begin (b) Command to Connect to Databases (Files) or Database Categories

Scope

• Begin (b) is the first command you use in the search process.
• It tells the computer that you want to search in one or more specific databases.
  • Example:
    • b 275

Usage

• You use the b command to connect
  • One or more databases
  • One or more OneSearch categories (Collections of databases

  Field	Format	Examples, Notes
  Begin 1 database	b <db#>	b 275
  Begin multiple DBs	b <db#>	b 88,275
  Begin OneSearch Category	b <category>	b allreference

   

• You limit your search of the databases to the Current Year or to the Current and Recent Years

  Limit	Format	Examples, Notes
  Current Year	current	b 275 current
  Current plus # years back	current#	b 275 current5

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