One of the searching techniques that is most helpful in searching both online and in catalogs and databases is searching for a phrase.
To search for a phrase, enclose your keywords in inverted commas (" ").
The search engine will retrieve only those results that contain the keywords in the exact order specified between the commas.
This type of searching will narrow your results to more relevant sources of information.
Truncation is a technique used to instruct search engines, electronic catalogs and databases to search for different variants of a word with just one search term.
The most popular truncation symbol is the asterisk *.
Example:
Searching for librar* will find results contatining all of the following words: library ; librarian ; librarianship
Some search engines do not provide this option or use a differnt symbol. Check the search help for each engine or database.
