Tips for Searching
University of Minnesota Forestry Library Online Bibliographies

• Keyword is the default.
• Searching is by keyword, not keyword phrase. Proximity searching is not possible.
• When searching for hyphenated terms (e.g. balled-and-burlapped) always use the hyphen.
• When searching for terms with alternate spellings, e.g. privatization, privatisation, search under both spellings.

• Search by surname only; do not include author's initials.
• When searching for hyphenated surnames or names including apostrophes (e.g. Cline-Smith, O'Hara) search both with and without punctuation for maximum results

• If a publication has more than four authors, the co-authors are listed in the annotation field. A search by keyword will retrieve multiple authors.

• The search engine defaults to a boolean AND. Combining terms using the boolean OR is also possible.

• Truncation is automatic.

• Records can be marked for printing, downloading or e-mailing.

If you have questions about searching, contact:
Philip Herold
herol008@umn.edu
(612)612-624-2779

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