The following search tips can help you to find more relevant results in Primo Search and most library databases:
| What you can do |
Example |
| Use AND to retrieve results that contain both of your search terms. |
obesity AND australia |
| Use OR to retrieve results that contain any or all of your search terms. |
obesity OR overweight |
|
Combine terms with round brackets to create complex searches.
Alternatively, use separate lines of search.
|
(obesity OR overweight) AND australia
obesity OR overweight
[AND] australia
|
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Use quotation marks to search for a phrase
[applies in most search tools, including Primo Search and EBSCOhost databases]
|
"cardiac disease" |
| Use the asterisk to search for terms with different word endings ("truncation") |
australia* = australia, australian, australia's |
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Change the default search so that you are searching only in a specific field.
You normally do this using a drop-down menu that appears beside the search box.
|
"cardiac disease" AND australia*
[in TI Title] |
