Owens Library Database Comparison Chart
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Academic
Universe
LEXIS-NEXIS
InfoTrac
EBSCOhost
WilsonWeb FirstSearch
Ingenta
Newsbank
ABC-CLIO
All Terms
And
And
and
and
And
and
Any Terms
Or
Or
or
or
or
or
Or
Exclude Terms
and not
Not
all words
(and)
any words
(or)
not
not
not
not
not
And Not or Not
Phrase
pre/1
“phrase”
or w1
exact phrase
or
parentheses
N/A
[but with
operator
searches
words in the
same field]
“phrase”
“phrase”
“phrase”
“phrase”
*
search
options
search
options
Single
chararcter = ?
Multiple
character = *
Customized
Search
All search
screens allow
limiting by
date
- * for unknown
characters
- ? for each
unknown letter
Advanced
Search
Can narrow
search by
selecting the
magnifying
glass button at
the end of the
field
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Truncation
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*
*
*
Fields
Guided Search
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Guided
Search
Refine Search
or
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Adjacency
Find words near
each other
(within so many
words) in a
specified
Proximity
Find words near
each other
(within so many
words) in any
order.
Academic
Universe
LEXIS-NEXIS
pre/n
The first word
precedes the
second word by
n number of
words.
w/n
requires words
octor to be
found within n
words or less of
in no specified
order
w/s
doctor w/s
requires words
be found in the
same sentence
w/p
requires words
be found in the
same paragraph
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InfoTrac
EBSCOhost
WilsonWeb FirstSearch
Ingenta
Newsbank
ABC-CLIO
w/n
Specifies
that words
must
occur
within n
words of
each other
in the
order
entered.
w/n
Specifies
that words
must
occur
within n
words of
each other
in any
order.
w/n
Matches
words within
n number
words of each
other in the
order they are
entered.
Not
available
Not
available
ADJx =
within x
words of each
other and in
the same
order
Not available
w/n
Matches
words within
n words of
one another
regardless of
the order.
near/n
retrieves
records that
contain both
of two terms
in the same
sentence
within n
terms of
each other.
Not
available
NEARx =
within x
words in any
order
WITH =
words in same
sentence in
any order
(News
Missouri only)
SAME =
words in the
same
paragraph in
any order
(News
Missouri only)
Not available
w/n
aluminum
w2 wiring
finds records
containing first
aluminum and
then wiring with
no more than
two other
words between
them
n/n
chicken n3
egg
records
containing
chicken and
egg with either
word appearing
first and with no
more than
three other
words between
them