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Concept 1 | Concept 2 | Concept 3 |
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terms and phrases that reflect concept 1
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terms and phrases that reflect concept 2 |
terms and phrases that reflect concept 3 |
Example: What is the risk of mortality due to cell phone use in distracted teen drivers?
mortal* OR fatal* OR death |
AND |
"cell phone" OR "cell phones" OR "cellular phone" OR "cellular phones" OR "mobile phones" OR "mobile phone" OR smartphone* OR cellphone* |
AND |
"distracted driver" OR "distracted drivers" OR "driving while distracted" OR "inattentive driving" |
The asterisk at the end of some words is a wildcard which is used to find alternate endings, see Truncation for more information.
Steps
Example:
search1 = mortal* OR fatal* OR death
search2 = "cell phone" OR "cell phones" OR "cellular phone" OR "cellular phones" OR "mobile phones" OR "mobile phone" OR smartphone* OR cellphone*
search3 = "distracted driver" OR "distracted drivers" OR "driving while distracted" OR "inattentive driving"
search4 = search1 AND search2 AND search3 <------ review the results from this search
Using parentheses the search would look like this:
(mortal* OR fatal* OR death) AND ("cell phone" OR "cell phones" OR "cellular phone" OR "cellular phones" OR "mobile phones" OR "mobile phone" OR smartphone* OR cellphone*) AND ("distracted driver" OR "distracted drivers" OR "driving while distracted" OR "inattentive driving")
CAUTION: Databases follow search orders exactly as you type them into the search box
Databases do not know which terms in your search are synonyms and which ones are different and will combine them in the order they are entered in search box, if you are not careful about how you do this you will not get the results you are seeking
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