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Database Power Searching
- For more focus and more choices:
- Too many results:
- Limit your search to Title/Subject/Abstract
- Get the phrase:
- Use Quotes
- (Example: "Nile Delta")
- Get specific:
- Use AND
- (Example: Mississippi AND runoff)
- Broaden results:
- Use OR
- (Example: agriculture OR farming)
- Get variations of words:
- Use an ASTERISK (*)
- pollut* finds: pollute, polluted, pollution, polluting
Research Guide for Rivers
