To find a more specific search find use proximity searches. They use the symbols N and W. N standing for near and W standing for within. If finding a phrase and the words do not have to be beside each other use for example n5 meaning that the two words are 5 words near each other. Also in finding a specific title or phrase, make sure to put it in quotes other wise the system will not find words that are stop words like “it” “is” or “to”. Good mechanism for searching is truncation the * symbol after the root word, therefore the system will look up all variations of a word. for example the word “help*” with the truncation, the system will look up “helping” and “helps.” Don’t forget that when the system has listed the results, it is not always listed by relevance, so the first page is not necessarily the most helpful page.
