Center for Popular Music: Advanced Search

Search Tips

Within search boxes:

• Search terms are automatically joined by AND
  (e.g. popular music finds popular AND music)
• Use / for OR
  (e.g. popular / music)
• Use ! for NOT
  (e.g. popular ! music)
• Use " " to search for a phrase
  (e.g. "popular music")
• Use * for truncation
  (e.g. music* finds
  music,
  musical,
  musician, etc.)

Special characters:

• Use >, <, >=, <= for greater or less than
  (e.g. >= 1999 finds dates from 1999 onwards)
• Use : to search a range
  (e.g. 1999:2003, example:sample)
• Use the proximity operators w (within) and p (preceding) to find words near each other
  (e.g. arts p3 culture finds records with 'arts' up to 3 words before 'culture')
  (e.g. social w5 design finds records with these words within 5 words of each other)

More help is available.