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Operators (AND, OR, NOT)

To use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) within a search, you must enter them in uppercase letters.

 

Simple Search

 

 In Advanced Search, OR terms within the same search line

Performing Basic Searches in Primo VE (Ex Libris Knowledge Center)

Wildcards and Exact Phrases

You can use both of these search techniques in Simple Search and in Advanced Search

Wildcards

            ?          to limit to a single character.  You can use this internally, ex wom?n

            *          multiple characters.   ex  environment*   finds environment, environments, environmental, environmentalism

 

Exact Phrases

Use quotes around terms if you want an exact phrase or in Advanced Search use the search type contains exact phrase.  But there are times when the searching algorithm doesn't necessarily restrict search to phrase.

 Compare two simple searches:       age of empire      to       “age of empire”