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• Basic searching: Searching test power will return results with both these words in them (this is equivalent to an "AND" boolean search). E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=test%20power
• Boolean searching options
  • Searching test AND power will return results with both these words in them. E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=test%20AND%20power
  • Searching test OR power will return results with either of these words in them. E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=test%20OR%20power
  • Searching test NOT power will return results with "test" but not including "power". E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=test%20NOT%20power
• Phrase searching: Searching "test power" (in quotes) will return results with the exact phrase "test power" in them. E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=%22test%20power%22
• Searching within specific fields
  • Searching dc.title:test will only return results where the dc.title includes "test". E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=dc.title:test
  • Searching dc.title:test AND dc.description.abstract:green will only return results where the dc.title field includes "test" and the dc.description.abstract field returns "green". E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=dc.title:test%20and%20dc.description.abstract:green
  • Searching dc.subject:fin* will only return results where one (or more) dc.subject fields start with "fin" (e.g. finance, financial, finish, etc), e.g. https://demo.dspace.org/search?query=dc.subject:fin*
• Wildcard searching:
  • Searching test pow* will return results including "test" and any word starting with "pow". E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=test%20pow*
  • Searching dc.description.abstract:* will return results that include the "dc.description.abstract" metadata field (with any value in it).  E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=dc.description:*
• Range searching:
  • Searching dc.date.issued:[1999 TO 2003] will return results that have a "dc.date.issued" metadata field that has a date between 1999 and 2003 (inclusive). E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=dc.date.issued:%5B1999%20TO%202003%5D
  • Searching dc.date.issued:[2010 TO *] will return results that have a "dc.date.issued" metadata field that has a date after (or including) 2010 . E.g. https://demo7demo.dspace.org/search?query=dc.date.issued:%5B2010%20TO%20*%5D
• Special characters: Some characters have special meaning in searches, e.g. colon (:), asterisk (*), boolean operators, etc.  If you need to search for these characters exactly, surround them with double quotes.
  • Searching "test:power" will search for that string exactly (including the colon character).  (NOTE: Without the quotes, DSpace would attempt to perform "Searching within specific fields" (see above) as the colon is a special character.)

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