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Bearcat Search
Phrase searching: Use quotes around phrases (for example “No Child Left Behind Act” or “Wall Street”). Bearcat Search automatically adds an AND between words if you do not use quotes.
Boolean operators: Use the following Boolean operations: OR, NOT and AND. The operators must be written in ALL CAPS
AND: By default, all terms in a search are combined with the AND operator.
OR: To expand the results set, use the OR operator “microcircuits OR nanocircuits” will return items that contain either term. This can be combined with quoted terms such as “teacher education” OR “educator training”.
NOT: To exclude items, use the NOT operator or “-” character before a term. When used in the following query “animal NOT dog” the results will not include the term “dog”.
Wildcards: Searches can be performed using the wildcards “?” or "*"
The question mark (?) will match any one character and can be used to find “Olsen” or “Olson” by searching for “Ols?n”.
The asterisk (*) will match zero or more characters within a word or at the end of a word. A search for “Ch*ter” would match “Charter”, “Character”, and “Chapter”. When used at the end of a word, such as “Temp*”, it will match all suffixes “Temptation”, “Temple” and “Temporary”.
Order of search results: The default is to sort by relevance. You can change to date by newest or date by oldest.
Saving and exporting citations: You can save your search results in RefWorks, Zotero, EndNote, or BibTeX.