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Type the keyword(s) in the box below then press Enter or click the Submit button. Type the keyword you want to find. For example:
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| Search Tips | |
| Adjacency | Multiple words are automatically searched as a single phrase. Example : air power When using more than one phase in the same search box, use quotation marks. Example : "air power" AND "world war." |
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| Wildcards |
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. '*' for 1-5 characters, '**' for open-ended truncation, '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word. Example : nano* searches for nano, nanoscale, nanometer; defen*e searches for defense or defence |
| Boolean Operators |
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Example : "air power" AND "world war" Example : (fighter and warfare) and not ("world war") |
| Proximity Operators |
Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. Example : mems NEAR sensor* |
| Field limits | A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). |
| Grouping | Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query. |