" "
To search for specific phrases, enclose them in quotation marks. The database will search for those words together in that order.
Examples:
“artificial intelligence”
“robot assisted surgery”
“public health”
“copyright infringement”
AND, OR
Join together search terms in a logical manner.
AND - narrows searches, used to join dissimilar terms
OR - broadens searches, used to join similar terms
Examples:
#1
copyright AND "artificial intelligence"
#2
"artificial intelligence" OR AI
#3
art
AND
"artificial intelligence" OR AI OR robot*
AND
copyright
TRUNCATION
Truncate a word in order to search for different forms of the same word. Many database use the asterisk * as the truncation symbol.
Example:
Truncate the word education robot* to search for robot, robots, robotics, robotic etc.
Add the truncation symbol to the word educat* to search for educate, educates, education, educational, educator, educators etc.
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