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Defining the Question
Identifying Resources
Improving a Search
Evaluating Websites
Preventing Plagiarism
Understanding Copyright

 
 

 

 

   
  Improving a Search
   
 

Description

This tutorial will provide strategies for broadening and narrowing your search.

Table of Contents

  1. Narrowing and broadening a search
  2. Combining key concepts using AND, OR, NOT
  3. Using the OR operator
  4. Using the AND operator
  5. Using the NOT operator
  6. Using truncation to broaden a search
  7. Using limits to narrow a search
  8. Evaluating search results

 

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