How to Search the Wichita Site

The simplest way to search the Wichita site is to enter a single word that is likely to appear in the document(s) for which you are looking. For example, if you need information about different surgery departments, you would type "surgery" in the Search field and press the Submit button:

Enter the word or phrase you want to locate:

Note that in the above search, the stemming function is automatically applied. This means that documents containing any word that starts with the letters "surgery" will be retrieved. Therefore, this search will retrieve "surgery", "surgery's", etc. If you only want the exact word, enclose it in double quotation marks.

If you are searching for a phrase, simply type the words separated by spaces. This approach will retrieve documents which contain all of the words in the phrase. For example, if you are searching for information about the School of Nursing, then type the phrase in the Search field and press the submit button:

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If you don't know the exact spelling of the word you are looking for, use an asterisk in place of the unknown letters. For example, if you are seeking information about Farha Medical Library, then type:

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