{"id":79,"date":"2017-05-24T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T11:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2022-08-01T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T10:07:13","slug":"phrase-searching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/phrase-searching\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrase Searching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Phrase searching means searching a database for words in a precise order. Different databases interpret searches differently. Some very few databases assume that two words next to each other should be searched as a phrase automatically. Most of the databases will put a boolean operator AND between two words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, the easiest way to search for terms next to each other is to enclose them in quotation marks:<em> &#8220;global warming&#8221;, &#8220;drunk driving&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the example in the database Web of Science below: the first search<em> working mothers<\/em> WITHOUT quotation marks gives 26 135 results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_ilman_fraasia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10110\" width=\"768\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_ilman_fraasia.png 1819w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_ilman_fraasia-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_ilman_fraasia-1536x860.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second search <em>&#8220;working mothers&#8221;<\/em> WITH quotation marks gives 1 288 results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_fraasi.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10113\" width=\"768\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_fraasi.png 1823w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_fraasi-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/MOD1_fraasi-1536x847.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You may watch the same example in a short video (1:14) by Cannon Library (the link in the picture takes you to Youtube):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ljs3hRJWtHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/05\/phrasevideo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/05\/phrasevideo.png 798w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/05\/phrasevideo-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(8\/2022 RH)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phrase searching means searching a database for words in a precise order. 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