Basic search is best when you’re beginning your research and want to get an overview of a topic, helping you discover key ideas and useful search terms. The Multisearch search box on the library homepage is set to Basic Search by default.

To create a basic search:

1. Go to the library home page and select the Multisearch tab on the search box in the middle of the page.

2. Enter your search terms into the Multisearch search box.

Search Tips:

Use quotation marks (" ") to search for a phrase or words together in an exact order e.g. "electronic health records".

Connect your keywords using AND, OR and NOT.

• AND finds results containing both keywords e.g. "electronic health records" AND privacy.     
• OR finds results containing either one or both keywords e.g. ("electronic health records" OR EHR).  Wrap OR'd keywords in brackets.
• NOT excludes a keyword from your search results e.g. "electronic health records" NOT privacy.  Warning: using NOT may result in your search not returning  some results that are relevant.

3. Click Submit.

4. Your search may take a few seconds to run. When it's finished, a list of search results matching your keywords will be displayed.