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Searching Tips 2005
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Research Topic Example Discuss the use of exercise in schools to reduce childhood obesity
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Break your topic into keywords Selected keywords may include: 1 exercise 2 schools 3 obesity
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Consider alternatives alternative words exercise or physical education alternative spellings behaviour or behavior
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Plural or Singular Plural or singular school or schools If in doubt use truncation Truncation may be indicated using symbols such as ? or * eg. school*
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Too many hits? Use a more specific term and redo your search sport rather than exercise
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Too many hits? Use a Boolean operator (joining word) Combine terms with and sport and school* and obesity
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Too few hits? Use a broader term and redo your search health instead of obesity
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Too few hits? Use a Boolean operator (joining word) Combine alternative terms with or Physical education or exercise or sport
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Boolean search statement obes* and (exercise or sport) and school*
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Search Tips: Summary Break down topic into keywords Alternative words or spelling Plural or singular Too many or too few hits Be persistent in combining different keywords
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