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Also see [http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Search/Search_Tips Search Tips].
 
Also see [http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Search/Search_Tips Search Tips].
  
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Revision as of 05:16, 9 November 2013

The Advanced Search page allows you to specify the fields you wish to search, and to combine these searches by adding filters.

Specify the Search Scope

An Advanced Search can be conducted across all of SUNScholar, or on Faculty, Departmental or Collection level specifically by specifying the Search Scope.

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Refine the search by adding filters

Refine your search by adding search terms to the Simple Search box, as well as through filtering the search according to title, advisor, author, subject, date issued, type, and/or provenance. If you struggle to find references, remove or adapt the filters. Remember to Update filters to your search before hitting Go. Search terms entered in the Simple Search box together with search terms specified in filters, are combined by the Boolean operator "AND" (capitalized).

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It is not required to enter search terms in the Simple Search box - in other words, search through making use of filters only e.g.:

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Also see Search Tips.

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