Guides: HI 2335: Topics in History of American Science and Technology: Urban Systems: WPI Library Search

Need Help? Ask Us!

This service is staffed by WPI librarians and staff. If the chat is not available, please feel free to email us at library@wpi.edu or you can make an appointment with a librarian at http://wpi.libcal.com/appointments/

WPI Library Search

WPI Library Search (the main search box on the library homepage) searches across most of the library's resources at once and can be used to find books, articles, and more.

WPI Library Search This link opens in a new window
A powerful search tool to streamline your library research. Entering terms into a single search box yields results that include: books and e-books, research and news articles, project reports, electronic theses and dissertations, archival materials, patents, open access collections and more.
Full text: Yes

Search Tips for WPI Library Search

Use these search terms to narrow or broaden your search:

Term	Example	Result
AND	media AND bias	Narrows the search to entries containing both terms.
OR	beer OR wine	Broadens the search to entries containing either term.
NOT	bat NOT baseball	Excludes entries containing the second term.
“ ”	“social work”	Retrieves results containing the exact phrase in quotes.
?	globali?ation	Wildcard: Retrieves both globalization and globalisation.
*	Ital*	Truncation: Retrieves Italy, Italian, etc.

HI 2335: Topics in History of American Science and Technology: Urban Systems

Need Help? Ask Us!

WPI Library Search

Search Tips for WPI Library Search

Use these search terms to narrow or broaden your search:

Term

Example

Result

AND

media AND bias

Narrows the search to entries containing both terms.

OR

beer OR wine

Broadens the search to entries containing either term.

NOT

bat NOT baseball

Excludes entries containing the second term.

“ ”

“social work”

Retrieves results containing the exact phrase in quotes.

?

globali?ation

Wildcard: Retrieves both globalization and globalisation.

*

Ital*

Truncation: Retrieves Italy, Italian, etc.