MORE about searching Government Publications

Searches for record entries that have all of the search terms in the same (one), field.

You may combine the Basic Search with the Refined Search. The Basic Search and the Refined Search will be combined automatically with the Boolean operator AND.

2. REFINED SEARCH

Searches are field specific.

Offers two levels of specificity:


1. Part of a Word Phrase
2. Exact Match

Provides for the equivalent of the Boolean NOT:


Exclude from Results

Ignores punctuation, even when the Exact Search option is selected.

Date Field


Format: YYYY/MM/DD

Provides for a range of specificity.

YYYY/MM/DD searches for items that have been cataloged with very specific dates.

YYYY considers only the year. The search will look for record entries with the specified four digit year. It will include record entries of this year that also have additional detail: MM and / or DD.

YY searches by century, no matter how much additional detail about the date of the publication has been included in the record entry.