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Basic Search:
Enter the words you would like to search by typing them in the "Words Anywhere" box. Use "AND" between each of the terms if you want them all to appear. Example: adolescent and health. Use "OR" if you want either term to appear. Example: Anderson or Besner
If you would like to search a specific field, click the button beside the field name below the box.
Click on "search" to view results.
Advanced Search:
To perform a more advanced search, choose the "Advanced Search" link to the right of the search button on the main page.
From this page, you can search multiple fields. Use the pull-down menus to select the fields you would like to search. Use the pull-down menus on the left to select the connectors "AND" or "OR"
Restricting to Dates:
Use the pull-down menus below the Advanced Search fields to change the dates selected. The default setting searches the entire database, whose articles date from 1980 to 2002.
For example: To search for articles from 1990-1995, change the
first pull-down menu to 1990 and the second pull-down menu to
1995.
Searching Tips:
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Author To find the author: "Caitlin Ryan" |
Type: Ryan or "Ryan, C*" |
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Search a phrase Strength of gay male youth |
"Strength of gay male youth" |
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Truncation To find: psychology or psychologist Anderson or Andersen |
Type: psycholog* Anders?n |
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Boolean Operators To find records with: "adolescent" and "health" "adolescent" or "health" "adolescent" but not "health" |
Type: adolescent AND health adolescent OR health adolescent NOT health |
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