UNT Libraries Digital Collections

Capitalization

Searches on the Digital Library System are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for george washington, George Ranch, and gEoRgE RaNcH will all return the same results.

Automatic "and" queries

By default, the Digital Library System only returns records that include all of your search terms. There is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep in mind that the order in which the terms are typed does not affect the search results. To restrict a search further, just include more terms.

Word variations (stemming)

The Digital Library System uses stemming technology. Thus, when appropriate, it will search not only for your search terms, but also for words that are similar to some or all of those terms. If you search for Texas river camping, the system will also search for Texas river camp, and other related variations of your terms.

Phrase searches

The Digital Library System allows for phrase searching when you are trying to locate an exact phrase in a record or document. All that is need to do a phrase search is to put quotation marks around your search terms.

Negative terms

If your search term has more than one meaning (bass, for example, could refer to fishing or music) you can focus your search by putting a minus sign ("-") in front of words related to the meaning you want to avoid.

Note: when you include a negative term in your search, be sure to include a space before the minus sign.

Diacritic Characters

Diacritics are converted to their closest a-z letter and submitted to the system. A search for "José María Falcón" OR "Jose Maria Falcon" will return the same records.