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Sophisticated searches (specific to
AltaVista) Boolean searches (only for the
advanced search option)
- and (&) - skin AND cancer
- or (|) - skin OR derm
- not (!) - dermis AND NOT dermal
Other refinements
- near - skin NEAR carcinoma
- phrase - "basal cell"
- include - "skin" +cancer
- exclude - "basal cell" -radiation
- near - treatment NEAR options
- wildcard - biops* (for biopsy or biopsies)
- language - e.g., search only for English
language documents
- translate - AltaVista can provide crude but
usable translations of European languages
- help - remember to visit the Help section to
learn more about a search engine
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