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.
metaphysics AND epistemology
Use quotation marks ( " " ) around phrases (two or more words); this tells the database to look for the words in that specific order.
"Zeno's Paradox"
Use an asterisk (*) to find multiple endings of one word. Using ethic* as a search term will include results that refer to ethics, ethical, ethically, etc.
ethic*