If you're getting hundreds (or thousands!) of results, try some of the strategies below to
focus your results:

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- Do a subject search instead of a keyword search, or limit your keyword search to the abstract or title.
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- If you find a pertinent article, look at its subject headings and use them in your search
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- Put phrases or names in quotation marks
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- Add terms to your search using the Boolean "AND" operator
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- Use the Boolean "NOT" operator, if appropriate, to eliminate unrelated results
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- For example, search for "Madonna NOT church" to eliminate results about the church when you're looking for articles about the singer. (Be careful-- you'll miss articles that deal with the church's reaction to the singer or vice versa.)