Search Strategies

Section 1: and

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Example: racism and school

Section 2: or

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Example: college or university

Section 3: Nesting

Example: racism and (school or college or university)

Racism and (school or college or university)

Section 4: Truncation

Truncation

Section 5: Proximity Searching

"In EBSCO the symbol for..."

"Example:"

"In Lexis-Nexis the symbol..."

"Example:"

Section 6: not

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Example: bears not football