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The Keyword Relevance search is an easy way to do a wide variety of searches and get a good result. It is particularly good when you are searching for material on a topic.
A Keyword Relevance search will look for words located anywhere in the record. When more than one keyword is entered, the records retrieved will contain at least one of the keywords. Search results are displayed with the most relevant records appearing first (see Relevance Titles List for more information).
Type in the word(s) or phrases you want. It is recommended that you use + before all essential terms to ensure you get a smaller list of search results with the most relevant records.
Focus or expand your search
For effective searching, use special characters to focus or expand your search:
Further examples of Keyword Relevance searches:
| Search | Records Retrieved |
| penguins hoiho | Will have either penguins or hoiho; or will have both penguins and hoiho if they appear in the same record |
| +penguins +hoiho | Must have penguins and must have hoiho |
| penguins +hoiho | Will have penguins, but will also have hoiho (when there is only one term without a +, it acts as if that term also has a +) |
| +zealand windfarm? "wind farm?" | Must have New Zealand and either windfarm(s) or wind farm(s). |
| video? +"zealand sign language" | Videos on New Zealand sign language |