Special search methods
Find information about special search methods that can be used when searching FirstSearch.
- Boolean searching and reserved operators
- Learn how to use Boolean operators to refine your search in FirstSearch.
- Browse
- Learn how to browse indexes and subject headings when searching FirstSearch.
- Hot topics
- Find information about hot topics used in basic and advanced FirstSearch searching.
- Limit a search
- Learn how to limit a FirstSearch search by full text or by library holdings.
- Plurals, truncation, wildcards, and proximity
- Learn how to use plurals, truncation, wildcards, and proximity when searching FirstSearch.
- Punctuation, diacritics, and special characters
- Find a list of punctuation, diacritics, and special characters used in WorldCat FirstSearch searching.
- Search for names, numbers, and year ranges
- Learn how to search for names, numbers, and year ranges in FirstSearch.
- Stopwords in WorldCat derived key searching
- Find a list of stopwords used in WorldCat FirstSearch searching.