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 Fill in as much as you'd like. Using more than one line will narrow the 
search. If you choose Yes for "Words adjacent," you can type in the phrase 
computer programming and the system 
will understand that you want only records that have the word computer 
NEXT to the word programming. Adjacency is not performed if the set 
contains more than xxx records.
 
Fill in as much as you'd like. Using more than one line will narrow the 
search. If you choose Yes for "Words adjacent," you can type in the phrase 
computer programming and the system 
will understand that you want only records that have the word computer 
NEXT to the word programming. Adjacency is not performed if the set 
contains more than xxx records. 
 
 Lowercase letters will find matches of capitalized words also.  For example, 
 computer will find matches for computer, Computer 
and COMPUTER.
 
Lowercase letters will find matches of capitalized words also.  For example, 
 computer will find matches for computer, Computer 
and COMPUTER. 
 
 Boolean AND is assumed between words. You may use the Boolean operators AND, 
OR and NOT in your search string.  For example, you could type heart or 
cardiac to retrieve all records having heart or cardiac 
in them.
 
Boolean AND is assumed between words. You may use the Boolean operators AND, 
OR and NOT in your search string.  For example, you could type heart or 
cardiac to retrieve all records having heart or cardiac 
in them. 
 
 Use the ? character to find matches that contain portions 
of words.  For example, gun? will retrieve gun, guns, gunners, 
gunnery, gunning, etc. In another example, ? ology will retrieve 
anthropology, archaeology, psychology, etc. The ? character 
 may also be used to find variant spellings.  For example, alumi?m 
will find both the American spelling, aluminum, and the British 
spelling, aluminium.
 
Use the ? character to find matches that contain portions 
of words.  For example, gun? will retrieve gun, guns, gunners, 
gunnery, gunning, etc. In another example, ? ology will retrieve 
anthropology, archaeology, psychology, etc. The ? character 
 may also be used to find variant spellings.  For example, alumi?m 
will find both the American spelling, aluminum, and the British 
spelling, aluminium. 
 
 
 
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