Phrase Searching: Use " " quotation marks around common phrases or concepts.
- "English language learners"
AND:
Truncation / Wild Card! Add an asterisk * to the root of a word to search additional forms of the word. (Some databases use a question mark.)
- ELL* (This will search both ELL and ELL's)
- child* (This will search child, children, childhood, childish, and so forth.)
- "young adult*" (You may use a wild card within a phrase.)
OR:
- emotional OR behavioral
- "young adult*" OR teen*
- ELL OR "English Language Learner"
Combinations: Use parenthesis to nest similar terms
- (emotional OR behavioral) AND disorders
- ("young adult*" OR teen*) AND "learning disabilities"