Basic Search Tips
1. Type your search terms into the search box(es).
2. Use the drop down menu to search in specific fields, such as company entity, author, ticker symbol or others.
3. Click Search.
In the Limit your results area, you can also choose to limit your search to:
- Full Text only,
- a specific journal title,
- scholarly (peer reviewed) journals, or
- date published.
If you are not getting many results, you may want to expand your search by checking the Apply related words or Search within the full text articles checkboxes in the Search Options area.
Advanced Search Tips
Use Boolean searching, truncation, wildcards, and proximity limiters to enhance your search.
| Command | Example | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Boolean | ||
| AND | entrepreneur and team | Returns articles that contain BOTH words. |
| OR | entrepreneur or intrapreneur | Returns articles that contain EITHER word. |
| ( ) | (entrepreneur or intrapreneur) and interviews | Grouped searching. Returns articles that contain EITHER word in parenthesis AND the word interviews. |
| Truncation | ||
| * | entrepreneur* | Returns articles that contain the root "entrepreneur" on its own and any variations: entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial, etc. |
| Wildcard | ||
| ? | wom?n | Variants of the one letter versus an entire ending as with the asterisk. Wom?n would return articles with "women" or "woman" or "womyn". |
| Proximity - Words in same order | ||
| wX | market w2 share | Returns articles where the words market and share are no more than 2 words apart and in that order. |
| Proximity - Words in any order | ||
| nX | market n2 share | Returns articles where the words market and share are no more than 2 words apart in any order. (market share or share of the market) |
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