Phrase search: search for words together in the order in which you've entered them.
- Enter phrases within quotation marks.This will force the database to search the words together.
- Some database automatically search for phrases, while others do not.
Phrase Example: "social distancing"
Caution:
- Keep in mind that phrase searching doesn't always yield the best results.
- Even though you may think of a topic as a phrase, the author may not.
- If you searched a phrase and you think that you should have more results, use AND between your search terms instead of phrase searching.
For Example:
"pediatric mental health" Search results 16
pediatric AND "mental health" Search results 64
pediatric AND mental AND health Search results 6544
