Franklin User Guide - Keyword Expert Search

A Keyword Expert search looks for words or phrases anywhere in a record. To do a Keyword Expert search, type in the terms you want to search. You must use Boolean operators (and, or, not) between terms.

internet and writing

writing or publishing

spices not pepper

You may also combine Boolean operators. Use parentheses to keep your concepts together.

(internet or web) and (writing or publishing)

To search a phrase, enclose it in quotation marks.

"web publishing"

For truncation symbols, see Truncation.

It is also possible to limit a search term to a particular field of the record, such as author, title, subject, or publisher, by preceding the search term with the appropriate field code. (See the list of field codes below).

nkey shakespeare and tkey hamlet

publ cambridge and skey japan

Field Codes - To search for a keyword in the...	Use...
Author name keyword	nkey
Title keyword	tkey
Subject heading keyword	skey
Date of publication. Use 4-digit year, e.g., 1986	pubd
Conference or meeting name, place, date	conf
Corporations, companies, organizations as authors	corp
Journal title keyword	jkey
Music opus or thematic index number	opus
Publisher number (music score, sound, video)	pub#
Place (city) of publication	pubc
Publisher name keyword	publ
Series title keyword	seri
Contents note keyword	note