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INRW/HUMA 1301: Frye Spring '25: Finding Articles: Searching in Databases

Keywords

Use Keywords to search - not sentences!

Keywords are the most important words in your topic.

Example topic: Do video games make teenagers violent?

Keywords that you could use:

  • "video games"
  • teenagers
  • violence

Identifying Keywords Tutorial

Find out more about selecting keywords in the Identifying Keywords Tutorial.

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Tips for Effective Database Searching

Combining Keywords

Better results with Boolean

AND

OR

NOT

Finds:

Coffee AND Milk

Finds:

Coffee NOT Milk

Coffee OR Milk

Finds:

Finds Only:

"Coffee Beans"

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