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Enter Search Term: information retrieval

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Enter Search Term: information and retrieval

same as above

Enter Search Term: information or retrieval

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Enter Search Term: information near retrieval

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Enter Search Term: 'information retrieval'

finds records containing the exact phrase 'information retrieval' -- this would not match a document with the phrase 'information systems retrieval', for example

Enter Search Term: information not retrieval

finds records containing 'information' but not 'retrieval'

Enter Search Term: (information near retrieval) and web

finds records containing 'web', plus 'information' but not 'retrieval'

Enter Search Term: web*

finds records containing words starting with 'web' -- this wildcard only works at the end of a word or phrase, for example, "information ret*" or info*, but not "info*tion"ess.