OneSearch allows you to search the Cal State LA library catalog and most of our databases. It is a great place to begin searching.

AND

for when you need all terms in a search string included in the articles you retrieve

OR

for when you have more than one way to say the same thing

if either of the terms shows up in articles retrieved it will be a useful article

* !

wild-cards for getting a root word and all of it's endings

for example: nutri* will search for nutrition, nutritious, nutrient, nutritional, etc.