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Basic Search
- SPORTDIscus will default to the Advanced Search screen:
- Rows can be added or removed by the + and - keys
- Use the first box to search for your first search concept and it's variations; the second box for your second concept and it's variations, and so on.
- SportDiscus supports Boolean operators such as OR and AND; the structured search has included fixed AND connectors.
- The database also supports phrase searching and truncation. Truncation – placing a * at the natural end of a word (the stem) will find all variations e.g. exercis* will return information containing the terms exercise, exercises, exercising, exercise-led, exercise-induced etc.
- Phrase searching – Placing double quotation marks around terms will search for it as an exact phrase e.g. "physical education"
Truncation and Phrase Searching
Example Search:
