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Enter your keywords to search the AMS site.
Advanced Search Methods:
Keyword Search
Google infers an "and" between keywords not in quotation marks
and returns pages found with all the keywords.
eg translocation water diameter xylem
Phrase search
Surround your phrase in quotation marks to search for the exact phrase
eg "translocation in xylem"
Boolean Keyword Search:
Refine a keyword search using
boolean operators.
| Symbol |
Meaning |
Action |
| + |
AND |
Finds only documents containing
all of the specific words or phrases. For example, "water
+ xylem" finds documents with both the word "water"
and the word "xylem". |
| OR |
OR |
Finds documents containing at least one of the
specified words or phrases. For example, "water OR xylem"
finds documents containing either "water" or "xylem".
The found documents could contain both, but do not have to. |
| - |
AND NOT |
Excludes documents containing the specific word
or phrase. For example, "water - xylem" finds
documents containing "water" but not containing "xylem".
As with the + and OR operators, - must appear between two terms.
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Grouping |
Used to group portions of boolean queries together
for more complicated queries. For example, "water +
[xylem OR potential] - cnidarians" finds documents
containing "water" and either "xylem" or
"potential" but not "cnidarians". |
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