Be sure to use Caps for AND, OR, NOT when searching.
AND - searches for books and articles containing both terms. Example: battlefields AND soundscapes
OR - searches for one of the words. Example: "first world war" OR "world war I"
NOT - exclude a term. Example: NOT "Second World War"
Parenthetical notes () - excellent for OR or NOT searches. Like a math equation, the database will do this part first.
Example: ("sound" OR "noise") AND "World War I"
Quotation Marks ""- Links words together in the search. Works best for phrases or proper names.
Example: "first world war"
Example: "united States"
Warning: You might exclude results. "Great World War" will omit "world war"
Asterisk * - Allows you to search several word endings at once, without using OR repeatedly.
Example: librar* will cover libraries, library, librarians
Example: soundscape* will cover soundscape, soundscapes
Warning: You may get unexpected results. sound* will also return sounds, soundly, sounder, soundbox, soundstage, etc