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How to Find Better Articles
Adding More Concepts

Sometimes you get too many articles and would prefer to find fewer ARTICLES that fit your specific topic more closely.  For instance, suppose you wanted to write about how safe it is for teens to work. Remember that we found 55 articles when we searched for teen* and job* By adding the word safe* (to find articles that use the words safe or safest or safety), we reduce the number of articles found to 5.

There are now only 5 articles, but all of them should be about the safety of teens on the job.

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So adding another concept reduces the number of articles found but makes the articles fit your topic better.

      
Page created by Diane Fishman, Librarian, Montgomery College-Takoma Park.  Send comments.
Last Updated:  8/08/00 [dlf]