WHY: Sometimes a simple key word search will be too broad or not bring up enough to browse through, and you'll need to clarify your search by modifying your key words along with the AND boolean operator. You can do this by: picking specific key words, using quotations ("key word") to search for those words in that order together, and using truncation by using an asterisk (*) on words that can be spelled different ways and mean the same thing, and parentheses to group key words together, along with the boolean operators learned in the last tip.
Quotation marks (""): provides results with that exact phrase
Example: "women pilots in WWI" searches for JUST that phrase rather than women and pilots and WWI.
Asterisk (*)= contains variations on that keyword
Example: *plane = will search for airplane, aeroplane, biplane
Example 2: develop*= will search for development, developer, developing
Parentheses () = groups together some key words and have them added in with other
Example: (rural OR urban) AND sociology
Example: Your research question is: "I want to explore women pilots flying airplanes in the Great War.
(women OR female OR woman) AND *plane AND ("World War One" OR "Great War" OR "WWI")
Steps:
Click on OneSearch Home
If your research question is a sentence, pick out key words
Example: I want to explore women pilots flying airplanes in the Great War.
Type in your search topic key words. Put quotations around your key words. ("key words").
Modify your search from there!