Many library databases have advanced search screens like this:
| Boolean Operator | Example | What it does |
| AND | bilingual education AND language policy | Narrows your search |
| OR | teens OR adolescents OR "young adults" | Broadens your search |
| NOT | heritage language immersion NOT "dual language immersion" | Weeds out unhelpful stuff |
| "" (Quotation marks) | "second language acquisition" | Searches an exact phrase, those words in that order |
| * (Asterisk) |
communic* (will include possibilities like communication, communicators, communicating, etc) |
Includes all possible word ending variations |
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Interdisciplinary index that provides citations for high impact journals. Useful for forward citation searching. Includes some indexing and full-text linking for ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
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Interdisciplinary index that provides citations for high impact journals. Useful for forward citation searching. Includes some indexing and full-text linking for ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Access note: To access the API, set up your account and select "Web of Science API Lite" at Step 3 “Subscribe to an API.” For research support using the API, please contact the Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship.