#SearchSmart! Information Literacy Tutorial

1. Search for
This allows you to search across all resources, or refine to specific collections i.e. course readings.

2. Field selector
For each search line, this parameter allows you to narrow the search to all search fields or a particular field (such as title, author, or subject).

3. Search type
For each search line, this parameter indicates how your search terms are compared against the search field. You can choose from the following options:

• contains - returns results that contain all words in the phrase, but the words may be in a different order and may not be as close together.
• is (exact) - returns results that contain phrases that exactly match the phrases specified in the query.
• starts with - returns results that contain words that start with the specified string. This type performs left-anchored title searches only. When performing a title search, it is recommended that you do not omit any leading articles from the title. For example, The Oxford Handbook is preferred to Oxford Handbook.

4. Boolean Operators
As with basic searches, you can include the AND, OR, and NOT operators between words and phrases in each search line. In addition, the drop-down list allows you to select the operation that is used between search lines.
NOTE: AND, OR, NOT need to be capitalised for uKwazi to recogonise them as Boolean Operators

5. Add a New Line
Advanced searches allow you to include a maximum of seven search criteria lines, which contain the following parameters: operator, field selector, search type, and search box.

6. Filters
Filters allow you to narrow your results to specific material type, language or date range. In the search results, you can include and exclude facets to filter your results further.