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STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLE OF A SEARCH
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Step 4: Do a wide search on the first key concept (and synonyms).

Search Tips: 
  1. Use the "*" character to search to find variations of a word

  2. (e.g. if you searched for integrat* you would effectively be searching for integrate, integrating, integration, etc.) 
  3. Use the Boolean operator OR between synyonyms.
  4. Use the Boolean operator AND to combine different concepts in one search. In this example, we will be using the "Combine Checked" command to perform this task.
  5. Make sure you are searching in the appropriate field

  6. (either: "Words Anywhere," "Title," "Author," or "Subject") 
  7. If desired, limit your search to a range of years. 
In our research question we identified three concepts and there synonyms.  Let's do a search for the first concept, "integration" and its synonyms.  Let's also limit are search to articles written from 1990 to 1998. 

 

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Over 17,000 records were found on the "integrate" concept search.  
 

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