Searching SIRSI Unicorn: Searching for Phrases with Single Quotes

Definition

• Often we need to search a library catalog or database for a phrase, such as the title of a book.
• Most library catalogs have an option that allows for search for a title, but it usually searches for each individual term in entered into the search field.
• Sometimes, we need to search for those terms in order, in a "phrase."
• SIRSI Unicorn allows this through the use of paired single quotes ' '.

Usage of Paired Single Quotes ' '

• Single quotes ' ' are used to enclose a phrase which you wish to search for exactly as you type it ("phrase searching").

Examples

'world wide web'

'day after trinity'

Phrases with Stop Words

• You need to use paired double quotes " " to enclose stopwords and logical operators (and, or, the, .etc) when you want to search for these terms as part of a phrase.
• Example: 'old man "and" "the" sea'

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