Keyword mapping tools can be useful when exploring a new topic. Try using this for discovering new keywords or for broadening or narrowing your search.
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Tips for better search results using Boolean or Advanced Searches
Heart and Lung searches for occurrences of both words
Heart or Lung searches for or all, but both are not required
Heart not Lung searches for occurrences of the word ‘Al-Andalus’ but without use of the word ‘Andalusia'
"Medical Education" searches for the words as a pair not individually
histor* searches for history, historical, historian, historiography, etc.
m?n searches for man and men.
Broad databases, covering a wide variety of topics, are useful for interdisplinary research. These databases are a good place to begin your search on most topics.