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
note: always use brackets ( ) around words connected by OR
NOT
badgers AND Tuberculosis -vaccination
the words badgers, tuberculosis but not the word vaccination
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.
