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Search Tip:

 
 
 » Search Operators: let you connect multiple words together into a single search statement.
 » Field-Restricted Searches: help you search for articles using specific infromation.
 » Field Names List: for using with Field-Restriced Searches and sample use.
 

Search Operators:

 
 
Following is a list of Search Operators and brief descriptions of how they will help you build a search.
Operator Sample Use Find articles containing ...
 
AND internet AND programming internet and programming in the same article.
OR internet OR programming internet or programming, or both, anywhere in the entire article.
NOT internet AND NOT programming internet but not programming.
NEAR internet NEAR/3 programming internet occurs within 3 words near programming.
ADJ internet ADJ programming programming appears immediately after internet.
W/n internet W/3 programming programming occurs within 3 words after internet.
? int??net matches internet, intranet...
* inter* matches inter, internet, international...
+ program+ matches program, programmed, programming, programmer...
# program# matches program, but not programmed, programming, programmer...
 
Note:
 » ADJ is a default Query Operator.
For example: internet programming would be the same as internet ADJ programming
 » Query-Time Stemming is turned off. Use + to force a search for all variants of a query term.
For example: program would be the same as program#.
 
Field-Restricted Searches:  
 
:field
  Field restriction operator for a single word in the query; specifiesthat the word before the colon is to be searched only against field.
Example: smith:author specifies that the author field is to be searched for the query word smith.
/F:
  field1, field2...Field restriction operator for the entire query; specifies that the entire query is to be searched against fields.
Example: kirk douglas/F:text, author, title specifies that kirk and/or douglas need to be in either the text, author, or the title field for the record to be retrieved.
field=num
  Numeric match operator; specifies that field must exactly match num, where num is a non-negative number.
Example: year=1982 requires the contents of the year field to contain 1982.
 
Field Names List:  
Fields help you search for articles using specific information, such as an author or a company name.The list below highlights the most frequency used fields.
 
These are the fields and what they can help you find. Sample Use
 
AUTHOR Author(s) (Natt W.):AUTHOR
TITLE Article Title (Object Oriented Programming):TITLE
SUBJECT Controlled Index Terms (Programming):SUBJECT
SerialTiTle Serial Title (Programming):Serial Title
ISSUEVOL Issue (No. 110):Issue
EdiDate Published Date (July):Published Date
PAGE Pages (70-72):Pages
Subject Subject (Myanmar):Subject
KEYWORD Keyword (Mandalay):Keyword
ANNOTATION Annotation (Myanmar etc...):Annotation
EDITION Edition (3):Edition
PUBLISHER Publisher (Myanmar Book Center):Publisher
DISTRIBUTOR Distributor (Innwa):Distributor
 
 
 
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