| Illustration | MIRLYN-Classic | MIRLYN-Web | Universe Products | ProQuest | OCLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHRASE | k=security adj council | security w council | security council | "security council" | security w council |
| AND | k=war adj crimes and yugoslavia | war w crimes and yugoslavia | war crimes and yugoslavia | "war crimes" and yugoslavia | war w crimes and yugoslavia |
| OR | k=myanmar or burma | myanmar or burma | myanmar or burma | myanmar or burma | myanmar or burma |
| NOT | k=yugoslavia not serbia | yugoslavia not serbia | yugoslavia and not serbia | yugoslavia and not serbia | yugoslavia not serbia |
| NESTED SEARCHING | k=war adj crimes and (yugoslavia or serbia) | Simple Search reads incorrectly as (war w crimes and yugoslavia) OR serbia; |
war crimes and (yugoslavia or serbia) | "war crimes" and (yugoslavia or serbia) | war w crimes and (yugoslavia or serbia) |
| TRUNCATION | k=crim? | crim? | crim! | crim? | crim+ |