Information Competence
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Overview of Databases

Overview of the Web

Search Strategies

Evaluating Results

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Phrase Searching

Phrase searching is a powerful online feature that can narrow results and pinpoint information for which you are searching.  Phrase searching commands the computer to search for two or more words in the exact order in which they are entered.

Phrase searching can be helpful for searching on topics with two or more words that are commonly used.
Phrase Search Statements Article Titles
Private Enterprise Embraces
Sustainable Architecture
Little Known Lindbergh: later
Trips in the Spirit of St. Louis
Cognitive Studies on
Attention Deficit Disorder
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