The following search tips can help you craft better searches in the Linfield Libraries Search and the databases.
- Use words and short phrases (not full sentences or questions).
- Put phrases inside quotation marks (single words do not need them).
- "domestic violence"
- "college students"
- Use AND (in all caps) between terms.
- "domestic violence" AND culture
- "college students" AND smoking
- Add specific research methods to your search.
- meta-analysis
- "domestic violence" AND culture AND meta-analysis
- "literature review"
- "college students" AND smoking AND "literature review"
- "clinical trial"
- "dietary supplement" AND "clinical trial"
- Limit to Peer reviewed Journals.
- Limit by date.
- Look at the abstract and subjects in the record for more search terms.
