Improve database search results:
- Add additional, more specific keywords to your search to find more relevant results
- Use Filters: publication date, material type, etc
- Evaluate author supplied keywords from the most relevant results to see if there are terms you can use to improve your search
Too many? Or too few results?
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Too Many Results
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Too Few Results
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To reduce the number of results you are getting:
- Add additional keywords to your search
- Use more specific keyword to describe the topic
- Apply Filters:
- Publication Date
- Material Type
- Subject, Topic, Category Filters
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To increase the number of results you are getting:
- Reduce the the number of keywords
- Use less specific keywords to describe the topic
- Try a different database
- Use more OR operators between synonyms
- Use fewer AND's between keywords
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Learn how to improve your search results. See the screenshots below.
Add additional, more specific keywords to your search
Find author supplied keywords below the abstracts of relevant articles.
