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Truncation & Wildcards:

Example:
?
Replaces a single character, within or at the end of a word. wom?n
$
Replaces 0-100 characters, within or at the end of a word. behav$ (behaviour, behavior, behaviours, behaviors, behave)
$3
Limits the number of characters to search for. Up to 3 characters will be found in this example. behavi$2r (behaviour, behavior)

Position of Search Terms: Example:
same
In the same field. psychology same depression
with
In the same sentence. psychological with depression
near
Adjacent, in the same field, and in any order. depression near psycholog$
adj
Adjacent, in the same field, and in the same order. psycholog$ adj depression
adj3
Within 3 words, in the same field, and in the same order. Use another number, if you like. psycholog$ adj3 depression

" "
(double quotation marks)

A phrase. It also assumes a phrase, even without the quotation marks. "great lakes"
{ }
(in curly brackets)
Within this field. "great lakes"{su}


Sample Results:

Search Terms Keyword: Title Keyword: Any
canadian history 698 items found

7503 items found

"canadian history" 698 items found 7503 items found
canadian and history 755 items found 15,834 items found
canadian with history 698 items found 7502 items found
canadian same history 698 items found 7502 items found
canadian near history 196 items found 3170 items found
canadian adj history 195 items found 3163 items found
canad$ history 972 (too many matches)* 7528 (too many matches)*
"canad$ history" 6 (too many matches)* 5715 (too many matches)*
canad$ and history 1039 (too many matches)* 14,244 (too many matches)*
(canada or canadian) and history 1787 items found 23,789 items found

* Warning message that truncation has resulted in too many matches and not all can be shown. This is because truncating Canada finds too many items for quick retrieval.