Multiple words within quotes are
searched as a phrase.
"economic policy"
"aroostook county"
Truncation
Use * to search for different
endings of the word at the same time. Words may be right-hand truncated
using an asterisk. Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters.
Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.
environment*
retrieves environment, environmental, environmentalism, etc.
Operators
The AND search is the default
search. URSUS will return results containing all the words typed
in the keyword text box.
maine art*
Use OR to require that either
term be present.
maple* OR acer
Use AND NOT to exclude the second
term.
desert AND NOT mount
Use
parentheses to group combined terms.
maine AND (ski* or snowboard*)
Proximity
Use "near" to find words
within 10 words of each other in the same field.
maine near teachers
Use "within #" to find
terms which occur within # words of each other in the field.
dream* within 5 interpret*
Fields
Use a:, t:, s:, or n: to search
the author, title, subject or notes parts of records. Note that there
is no space between a, t, or s and colon. Truncation (*) cannot be
used in field searching.