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The default operator is and, so the following two examples produce identical results:
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These queries match only documents that contain both the term "harvard" and the term "yard".The and operator finds matches regardless of the order or location of the terms in the document, but you may wish to search for terms in relation to one another, or to eliminate terms from your search. To do this, use the operators near, or, not, or enclose a phrase in quotation marks.
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The near operator will match terms that are within 100 words of each other, regardless of their order:
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This query is particularly useful for searching names. It will match only documents in which the term "Elizabeth" and the term "Agassiz" are within 100 words of one another. This means it will find documents containing
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The or operator will match either one term or another:
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This query will match documents in which either term appears. This strategy can be very useful when exact spellings are unknown or when terminology in a field has changed over time.
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The not operator will match one term and eliminate matches containing the second term:
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This query will match documents in which the first term appears and eliminate from the results any of those documents in which the second term also appears. This strategy can be useful in creating specificity to reduce the size of a result set. If the researcher is looking for documents relating to the study of physics such as "physical apparatus" "physical sciences" "physical chemistry" and the like, this search will eliminate many the pages about physical fitness.
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To search for words next to one another in a phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks:
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This query will match only documents in which the terms appear next to each other in the specified order. This strategy is useful in cases where words are used commonly separately, but can be highly specific if used together.
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These search operators may be combined:
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Care must be taken with such queries. Unexpected results sometimes occur. Parentheses are used to indicate the order in which operations are to be done. In the example above, a search for documents containing either the word "physics" or the word "physical" will be executed. Documents containing either the term "sports" or the term "athletics" will be eliminated. If the query were made without parentheses, it would have very different results that include, rather than eliminate, documents containing the term "athletics".
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Within the Annual Reports, you may choose among four options.The Harvard Presidents' reports cover 1825-1995. Most of the reports, up to and including the 1985/1986 issue, contain not only the report of the President of Harvard University, but also reports from the various Harvard faculties and departments. The Harvard Treasurers' reports cover 1830-1995. The reports contain detailed information about the University's income and expenses, including information about endowments and gifts. Radcliffe Presidents' reports cover 1879-1988. The reports also contain reports of the Radcliffe Treasurer from 1879/80 through 1959/60. Radcliffe Treasurers' reports cover the years 1960/61 through 1987/88. Prior to 1960, the Radcliffe Treasurers' reports are contained within the Radcliffe Presidents' reports.
Within the Narrative Histories and Founding Documents, you may choose among three options.A Century to Celebrate covers the history of Radcliffe college from its founding in 1879 to its centennial in 1979. It includes numerous photographs and other illustrations. The Harvard Book, published in 1875, contains a narrative history of the University and illustrations of the Harvard campus. Constitutional articles and legislative enactments relative to the Board of Overseers and the Corporation of Harvard University; also rules and regulations of the Overseers is an 1835 report of all laws pertaining to the College and University from the colonial period to 1819. It includes the text of Harvard's charter and Massachusetts legislation.