Library tools use different language than the one we us everyday, so it's important to adapt our thesis statement or topic to the language that they will recognize. Here are some tips to help you create a good search strategy.
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AND: Combines two concepts, both will be represented in the results.
Lowers the numbers of results
Ex: Canada AND policy
OR: Joins two concepts or synonyms
Increases the number of results
Ex: policy OR governance
NOT: Removes the results that include the word that follows it
Lowers the numbers of results
Ex: North America NOT United States
* truncation or wildcard: Place at the end of the root of a word and all the words with a different ending will be represented in the results
Use instead of plurals / can also replace a letter
Increases the number of results
Ex: Wom*n = will show results with woman and women. Canad* will show Canada, Canadian, canadien, canadienne, etc…
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