ABSTRACTS DATABASE ONLINE TUTORIAL
Refine Your Search
Too many hits?
- Don't use the General Search box. Refine your search using keywords in the title or author field if possible. Remember, the database has more than 200,000 documents to search.
- Limit the search by date. The database covers literature dating back to the 1960s and earlier.
- Use more specific words. Words such as "crime" or "police" will retrieve too much.
- Choose an ALL or PHRASE search instead of an ANY search.
Not enough hits?
- Use fewer terms. Too many terms can restrict a search.
- Choose an ANY search instead of an ALL or PHRASE search.
- Change one of the terms to a broader one. For example, replace "juvenile gangs" with "gangs."
- Use synonyms or related words with an ANY search.
- Use the "wildcard," include the pulural forms of words by typing an asterisk (*) after the search term(s). For example, "prison*" will find "prison," "prisons," "prisoners," and other words with the root word "prison".
- Look for misspellings in the search terms.
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