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Build a precise query with fields, boolean operators and limiters, then run it across the library catalogue and the research repository.

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ANYno term yet
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Updates as you edit. This exact string is what runs against the catalogue and the repository.

—No estimate until a term is entered.
0 active rows0 limiters2 collections searched
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Limiters

Applied with AND on top of the rows above.0 active
Publication year
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Syntax tips

"…"
Quotation marks match an exact phrase.
librar*
A trailing asterisk matches any ending.
wom?n
A question mark stands for exactly one character.
AND OR NOT
Operators stay in Latin in both languages, because that is how every library course and every search service writes them.

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A boolean builder is not always the answer. If you know the field or the title, a list gets you there faster.

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