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U.S. State Commitments with Foreign Governments

U.S. State Commitments with Foreign Governments contains commitments entered into by individual U.S. states with foreign nations on topics ranging from archaeology to human rights and transportation.

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  • Need something more robust? We recommend using the custom Commitment Index, but you can also click Advanced Search to perform a search using custom drop-downs
  • Need a refresher on how to construct a perfect search? Click Search Help for a quick reference guide to commonly used search syntax

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  • Use the facets on the left side of the page to narrow your results by Date, Title, State, Country, or Person 
  • Terms matching the search query appear in bold text within the matching text page snippets
  • Sort search results by relevance, volume date, or title
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  • Use the icons next to the sort-by bar to modify your current search, to search within results, to toggle all matching text pages, or to turn OFF infinite scroll

The search results page will show all results with matching text pages showing where in a result the search phrase appears, with options to download a pdf, email the result, or bookmark to MyHein on the right-hand of the results page. Search facets appear on the left-hand side of the page.

Using the Commitment Index

  • Use the custom Commitment Index to help maximize your research within this collection
  • Use the drop-downs to choose a variety of ways to search: Text, Title, Date, State, Country, Subject, Commitment Number, Keywords, or Short Description
    • Add another search field if three isn't enough
  • Change the Boolean operators to smarten up your search
    • Include all terms with AND
    • See results with some terms with OR
    • Exclude term with NOT
    • Get results that show your terms within a certain proximity of each other, be it within 5, 10, or 15 words
  • Restrict results within a date range and change how results are sorted

Using the Commitment Index to search by Text and State and Country. These dropdown fields can be changed based on your search needs.

About Venn Diagram Search

 

  • Venn Diagram Search offers a visual representation of how search terms interact with each other
  • Helps users both refine their current search terms and become better researchers going forward
  • Find the link to Venn Diagram Search on both the Commitment Index page and Advanced Search page
  • Searches are constructed by stringing together multiple terms separated by the Boolean operator "AND," with phrases grouped together in quotation marks

 

 

  • Results on the right side of the page pertain to the search as we originally constructed it (represented by the red slice in the center of the intersecting circles)
  • Select Clear for the ability to hover over the different segments of the diagram and see all possible search term combinations from our original query
  • In our example, we can see results for:
    • technology AND trade
    • trade AND Mexico
    • technology AND Mexico
    • the terms technology, trade and Mexico individually
  • Sort the results, save or export, turn to the specific page of a result, or start at the beginning of a given title

A diagram of three intersecting circles, with each circle representing the terms Mexico, Trade, and Technology. On the right hand side, results matching the search terms are displayed.