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| PICO Element | Synonym | |||
| obesity | OR | overweight | AND | |
| chitosan | OR | AND | ||
| weight | OR | kilogram | AND |
| The search terms combined with OR in parentheses are searched first. The AND tells the database to join the OR phrases together. |
| (obesity OR overweight) AND (chitosan) AND (weight OR kilogram) |
Different databases have different tools that allow you to combine searches that are performed separately.
Look for a Search History function that allows you to combine searches.
With other databases, you'll have to manually type in the search string, as shown below:
Using OR to combine words tells the database to return results with one or more of the search terms.
Using AND to combine the search strings using OR returns a focused search that has covered as many alternate terms as possible
Find the full text of an article within a library database:
1. In the library database, click on the button that says Access options to see what is available, look for a PDF button/link, or similar.
2. If the library doesn't have the article in print or electronically, you will be directed to request it through ILLiad.
Find the full text of an article for which you have the citation information:
1. Click the Find Databases & eJournals button on the library homepage, and use the Search for eJournlas Titles box to check for print or online access to that journal. Once on the journal's homepage, use the citation information, ie. volume, issues, numbers, to drill down to the needed article.
2. If the library does not have access to the journal that you need, you can order individual articles through ILLiad.
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