Phrase search
Use " " to keep two or more words together as a phrase
- "culture shock"
- "gun control"
- "video games"
- "Tiger Woods"
Truncation "*", "?", "#"
To search variation of words that share the same root word and have similar meanings
- Latin* - Latin, Latino, Latinos, Latina, Latinx
- famil* - family, families
- game* - game, games, gamelike, gamed, gamely, gameness, gamer, gamers (not gaming)
- wom?n - women, woman
Boolean Operators
Use connector to specify your search restrictions and requirements
AND
- "dysfunctional families" AND "psychological upbringing"
- sport* AND "academic performance"
- "equipment change" AND golf
OR
- female* OR lad* OR wom?n OR girl*
- "dyfunctional families" OR "dyfunctional family"
- "High school" AND student* AND grades
- "culture shock" OR "cultural shock"
NOT
- "gun control" NOT pistol*
- "Hillary Clinton" NOT Bill
- Insurance NOt aut
Search Is Not Case Sensitive
- Bill Clinton=bill clinton
- John Smith-john smith
Search with Brackets for logical execution of your search words
- (female* OR wom*n) AND "equal pay"
- ("equipment change" OR "equipment changes") AND golf
- "Tiger Woods" AND (rise OR fall)
- ("video game" OR "video games") and brain* AND (effect OR influence OR impact)
