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Understanding Your Search Results Quantity
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Didn't
find enough material? Try some of these tips: Check for typos
or misspellings. Make sure you
are in a database that covers your subject area thoroughly [Show
me more].Replace a long
phrase with a few key words, connected by the Boolean operator "and":What happens to children of women prisoners becomes effects and women prisoners and children Use truncation
to look for all forms of a search term:child* will find: child, children, childhood, childish, etc. Different databases use different truncation symbols, with the asterisk and the question mark being the most common. Check the help screen in your database for details. Broaden your
search terms:replace: US women's prisons with: US prisons Use the Boolean
operator "or" to search for synonyms:prisoners or offenders or criminals or imprisoned Use fewer concepts
in your search, especially eliminating any terms that are redundant or implied
by the other terms.replace: women prisoners and inmates with: women and prisoners |
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