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Words Anywhere	comput* security phobia safety and (automobile or car) "health care"	(searches all fields) (truncation symbol is '*') (boolean AND, OR, NOT) (searches as a phrase--quotes)

Title begins with...	old man and the sea portrait of the artist	(omit initial article) (need not type entire title)

Words in Title	organic chemistry programming not java	(limits search to title field) (supports boolean AND, OR, NOT) (truncation symbol is '*')

Author (last name first)	fitzgerald f scott american accounting association	(comma not needed)

Words in Author	william shakesp* faulkner or welty	(limits search to author field) (boolean AND, OR, NOT) (truncation symbol is '*')

Words in Subject	family therap* dada* and surreal*	(limits search to subject fields) (boolean AND, OR, NOT) (truncation symbol is '*')

Subject begins with...	hawking, stephen rap music -- censorship surgery, oral	(Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine Subject Headings) (commas and hyphens optional)

LC Call Number begins with...	QA76.76 .A65 A33 1995 PN	(QA76.76<space>.A65<space>A33<space>1995) (requires spaces before letters and date) (can also browse with just the start of an LC call number) (LC call numbers are used for the majority of the books and media in the VCU Libraries)

SuDoc Call Number begins with...	Y4.G74/7:J24 A1.2:AG 8/32 PrEx	(SuDoc call numbers are used for publications from the Federal government in the VCU Libraries) (can also browse with just the start of a SuDoc call number)


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