Let's review how we can use different search strategies to help narrow down our searches.
Boolean Logic/ Logical Operators
We can use AND / OR to join search terminology.
- OR - joins similar terms / terms that get at the same issue - BROADENS
- AND - joins dissimilar terms - NARROWS
Phrase Searching
You can also search for a specific phrase with "quotation marks ". Most databases will recognize the using of quotation marks to search for two or more words together in the same order.
Truncation & Wild Cards
Search for alternate forms of a work by truncating it and adding an asterisk *. For example: Med* searches for Medical, Medicine, Meditate, Mediate...
