Keywords + Connectors = Search
Keywords = Search the fewest, most basic words in your topic.
Example (search words in bold): "Children who text frequently often turn out to be very good readers."
TIP! Scroll down below video for "More Search Tips."
"Boolean Logic" (0:27)
Use Boolean connectors like AND, OR, and NOT to specify relationships between words.
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Did you find too many or too few results? Try these tips...
PHRASE SEARCH
Put quotation marks around phrases to get more exact results.
Example: "rap music"
"WILD CARD" or TRUNCATION
Shorten a keyword and add a special character (usually an asterisk "*" or "?") to tell the database to find everything that starts with the characters before the asterisk.
Example: politic* will find: POLITICS, POLITICAL, POLITICIAN
Note: Check the database help to see which truncation symbol it recognizes. (Most Pierce databases use the asterisk.)
PARENTHESES
Combine concepts and techniques. (Note: Databases search for what's grouped or nested inside the parentheses first.)
Example: ("rap music" OR "hip hop") AND censorship