It is a good idea to plan your search statement before you search WorldCat. Here are some things to keep in mind while planning your searching statement: Planning your Search
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1. WorldCat supports Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT. 2. WorldCat uses the + sign to search for a word and its plural.
psychologist+ will retrieve psychologist and psychologists
3. WorldCat uses the * symbol as its truncation symbol.
psychol * will retrieve psychology, psychologist, psychological, psychologists, psychologisms psycholinguist, psychologize 4. WorldCat supports exact phrase searching with quotation marks
"psychological warfare"
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WorldCat can limit a search by category (these vary by database). Year
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