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"Phrase" "water pollution" water pollution as a phrase
Adjacency water pollution water and pollution anywhere in the same record.
Truncation accom* accom followed by 1 - 5 letters: accompany, accomplish ..
accom** accom followed by unlimited letters: accommodation
wom?n women or woman: ? standing for any single letter
AND natural and pharmaceutical natural and pharmaceutical anywhere in the same record.
OR Indonesia or Malaysia Indonesia or Malaysia or both.
AND NOT
york and not new york but not new york
Brackets
(malaysia or indonesia) and music malaysia and music, or indonesia and music, or both
Proximity
water near pollution water within 10 words of pollution
underwater within 25 research underwater and research within 25 words of each other. Choose any number of words.
Fields
t: (title)
a: (author)
n: (notes)
s:(subject)
a: Shakespeare and
t: Romeo
Shakespeare as author and Romeo as title.
n: Heifetz and violin Heifetz in the Performer note and violin anywhere else in the record
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