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|'''Example''' | |'''Example''' | ||
|'''Results<ref> | |'''Results<ref>Numbers of results as of 4 March 2020.</ref>''' | ||
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=== Field Operators Searching === | === Field Name Operators Searching === | ||
Digital Library normally searches all the text of all books. Field operators restrict searching to matching titles, authors, subjects or other metadata fields. Specify the name of the field with a leading capital letter, a colon, and the word to search for. | Digital Library normally searches all the text of all books. Field operators restrict searching to matching titles, authors, subjects or other metadata fields. Specify the name of the field with a leading capital letter, a colon, and the word to search for. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|Title:descendants Title:hendricks | |Title:descendants Title:hendricks | ||
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|Creator.title | |Creator.title: | ||
|Search books from specified authors. | |Search books from specified authors. | ||
|Creator.title:allen Title:hendricks | |Creator.title:allen Title:hendricks | ||
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|Owning\ Institution:midwest | |Owning\ Institution:midwest | ||
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=== Minus Sign with Operators === | === Minus Sign with Operators === | ||
In addition to the other operators, the minus sign can be used with a field to return all books that do not have the word specified. | In addition to the other operators, the minus sign can be used with a field to return all books that do not have the word specified. | ||