This document provides tips and strategies for effective searching. It discusses different search operators like AND, OR and NOT to combine search terms. Phrase searching using quotes is recommended for exact multi-word phrases. Subject specific databases are highlighted for narrowing results. Strategies like searching within a date range, format (video vs text), or location can help streamline results. Overall, the document emphasizes using focused keywords and operators as well as leveraging subject databases to conduct a thorough yet targeted search.
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12. Phrase
searchingUse around legitimate phrases, names, titles
vitamin A
≒Lady Gaga or Kurt Cobain
Titles The Lord of the Rings
≒to be or not to be
Use AND (example: designer AND babies)
13. Using AND, you only receive pages including both of
your search terms, though not necessarily next to one
another.
Using OR, you receive pages containing either one or
both of your search terms.
Using NOT includes only the first term and NOT the
second one.
AND, OR and
NOT
18. ProQuest Advanced Search
Narrow
sources
by type
Use subject area searches as
well to narrow & streamline
results
Searches for related content copy a section from a
document to find similar
19. Health Sciences and Nursing Subject Search:
Plastic AND Surgery
Check related search terms to
narrow results
Narrow results
further
20. Search by Issue or Geographic Region
Subject specific
searches
Video & podcasts