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Troubleshooting

Your first search may not always retrieve the ARTICLES you need, or it may find far more articles than you have time to review. Luckily, there are a number of things you can do to improve your results.

Before using the techniques listed below, check to make sure you haven't made a keying error (see examples).

If you don't find enough good articles, try the following:
Click on the underlined terms for more details.

Technique Definition How to Do It
Use synonyms SYNONYMS adding synonyms
Use truncation TRUNCATION truncating words
Use the best terms BEST TERMS finding the best terms

If you find too many articles, try the following:
Click on the underlined terms for more details.

Technique Definition How to Do It
Add more concepts CONCEPTS adding more concepts
Limit Your Search LIMIT limiting your search
Use subject headings SUBJECT HEADINGS using subject headings

    
Page created by Diane Fishman, Librarian, Montgomery College-Takoma Park. 
Last Updated:  05/31/07 [ks]