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Search Tips

Select the most important 2-3 terms related to your topic.  Put the word AND between each new term; this tells the database to look for resources with ALL your terms.

 

anorexia AND control

 

Use quotation marks ( "  " ) around phrases (two or more words); this tells the database to look for the words in that specific order.

"eating disorders" AND control

Use an asterisk ( * ) to find multiple endings of one word.  Using control* as a search term will include results that refer to control, controls, controlled, controling.

control*

 

 In PsycInfo and PsycArticles, limits/filters include by Methodology, Population, and Age Group.

 

Where's the Rest of the Article?

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