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SEARCH TIPS

  • When searching for books, you can not enter your question or a phrase.  You must identify the key words in your question and enter them into the search box.

    Example: Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War
    (the key words are in bold)

  • After identifying the keywords, you must combine them in the search box with the word and

    Example: United States and Vietnam War

USING BOOLEAN

After you have identified your key words, use AND/OR to combine terms:

            AND – use for both      Example: eating disorders and ADHD

            OR – use for either      Example: eating disorders or anorexia nervosa or bulimia

            Nesting:  when using both OR and AND in a search, parentheses must surround the OR  segment  (see example) 

            Truncation – * or $ depending on database     Example: teen* finds teen, teens, teenagers

 

EXAMPLE: (eating disorders or anorexia nervosa or  bulimia)  and  (teen* or adolescen*)                       


About Books

When  For information on a topic or for an overview
Why Broad information on a topic, bibliographies

Where

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  • 1st Floor: A-G   
  • 2nd Floor: H-Z

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