Full-text Search
This search looks for terms anywhere in the body of the web resource.

Boolean AND operator
Multiple terms are automatically connected by a Boolean AND operator. For example, if you enter the terms school library certification, the search engine looks for school AND library AND certification. The terms may be found anywhere in the document, but not necessarily adjacent.

Truncation
To find variant forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) at the end of the term. For example, entering librar* will find library, libraries, librarian, and librarians.

If you are retrieving too many resources or want to try a more controlled search, try the Advanced Search.


Advanced Search
Rather than search the full text of the resource, this search looks for terms in specific, controlled areas of the document.

Title: searches for words in the title of the document, assigned by the creator.
Creator: searches for the name of the person or entity responsible for the content of the resource.
Description: searches for significant keywords used to summarize the content of the resource.
Subject: searches for controlled words used to represent the main concepts of the document.
Keywords: searches for terms in the header of the document including the title, creator, description, and subject tags.

Boolean AND operator
Multiple terms are automatically connected by a Boolean AND operator. For example, if you enter the terms school library certification, the search engine looks for school AND library AND certification. The terms may be found anywhere in the document, but not necessarily adjacent.

Truncation
To find variant forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) at the end of the term. For example, entering librar* will find library, libraries, librarian, and librarians.

If you are not retrieving any resources, or not enough resources, try the Full-text Search.