(Used and modified by permission from Patrick Ragain, Business and Government Information Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno. http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/instruction/help/peer.html)
Using AND/OR/NOT (Boolean Search Operators) |
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AND |
Use AND to focus search and combine different aspects of your topic. Example: obesity and epidemic and United States |
OR |
Use OR to expand your search and find synonyms/related terms. Example: obesity or overweight |
NOT |
Use NOT to exclude a word or phrase from your search Example: food security not United States |
Additional Search Tips |
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"Phrase search" - Use quotation marks" " to search for a particular phrase. Example: "school lunch program" |
Truncation * - Use an asterisk to find variations of a word. Put an asterisk following the root of the word to find all variations of that word, including singular and plural. Example: environment* (finds environments, environmental, environmentalist, etc.) |
(Grouping/Nesting Keywords) - Use parentheses ( ) as a way to group all your search terms together. Example: (obesity or overweight) and epidemic |
See the Basic Search Tips guides for more information, including examples. Or use the Keyword Searching Worksheet to get started.
Health Movements
Health effects
Public Health/Community Health
Obesity/obese/overweight
Moral/Ethical
Public Participation
Disparities
Epidemic
Policy/ies
Law/regulation/legal
Debate/controversy/issues
Impacts
Determinants
Practice/s
Food/food systems/food security
Nutrition/nutritional
Local food/local food production
Fats/oils/high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
Multicultural/ethnic/ethnicity/race
Case studies
Statistics/data
Example:
Cecil-Karb, Rebecca and Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew. Childhood body mass index in community context: neighborhood safety, television viewing, and growth trajectories of BMI.(Report). Health and Social Work 34.3, 169-178 (August 2009).
Examples:
Jordan, Amy B. Overweight and obesity in America's children: causes, consequences, solutions. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, 2008.