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Comparative Reproductive Anatomy: Search Strategies

Using AND in you Search

Using OR in your Keyword Search

Using NOT in your Keyword Search

Search Strategies

The default method of searching for most databases and websites is a keyword search. Watch the video (left) to learn how to bread down your topic into search terms.

Once you have a list of search terms, you can combine them by using AND, OR, or NOT (left); or you can use quotation marks to search for an entire phrase (below).

Phrase Searching

From Question to Keywords