Introduction

Proquest

Title Search

Author Search

Keyword Search

  -- AND, OR, NOT

  -- Phrase Search

Subject Search

Limiting

Truncation

Saving Searches

Printable Checklist

Keyword Search: Using the Basic Search Screen

Like most databases, a keyword search in Proquest does not search every word inside every article indexed within the database. It only searches the information that is in the fields of each record, including the abstract. For more information about database records and fields click here to access our Library Catalog tutorial.

Proquest's Basic Search screen automatically defaults to a keyword search, and then sorts the results in descending order by publication date.