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Depression in Adolescents

Maile Black ENL 110 Spring 2023

Limiting Results

  • Initial search results are usually huge sets.
  • Make the results more relevant by placing these 3 limits:
    • Full text 
      • tells the system to only bring up citations with the whole articles
    • Date range
      • perhaps the last 10 years? 
      • maybe more recent depending on the topic
    • Scholarly articles
      • The assignment asks you to find scholarly articles
        • These might be called "Academic Journals," "Peer-Reviewed Journals"
    • Field specification
      • Due to the very large number of citations, field searches were implemented.
        • This makes the search more focused.

For instance: