Use the search tips below to help improve your searching.
By using these advanced search techniques, you can increase, reduce or improve the relevancy of your search results, making it easier to find the right materials.
Operator
Example
Finds articles with...
AND
badgers AND tuberculosis
both the word badgers and the word tuberculosis
OR
badgers AND (tuberculosis OR TB)
either the word tuberculosis or the word TB and the word badgers
NOT
badgers AND Tuberculosis AND vaccination NOT oral
the words badgers, tuberculosis and vaccination but not the word oral
Proximity
badgers N8 tuberculosis
the words badgers and tuberculosis within 8 words of each other, in any order
Within
badgers W8 tuberculosis
the words badgers and tuberculosis within 8 words of each other, but badgers comes first followed by tuberculosis
Phrase
"badger control"
the words in the exact order - e.g. badger control but not control of badgers
* (wildcard)
vaccin*
vaccine, vaccinated, vaccines
The * wildcard is generally used to find different word endings. It works best when there are at least three letters before it.
? (Wildcard)
ne?t
next, neat and nest
The ? wildcard is used to replace an unknown character
# (Wildcard)
Col#r
colour and color (American spelling)
The # wildcard is generally used to find words with alternative spellings, where the alternative spelling might contain an extra character
