LibGuides: MECH 6915 -- Failure Analysis: How to Search

How to Search

Selecting Keywords
Choosing keywords for your search.
Example: teenagers, adolescents, volunteerism
Boolean Operators
Using AND, OR, and NOT to combine keywords.
Example: women AND drug abuse
Phrase Searching and Nesting
Use " " [double quotes] to form phrases and ( ) [parentheses] to combine groups of synonyms.
Example: "emissions standards" and (car or automobile)
Truncation
Use symbols with root words to find all possible word endings in a single search.
Example: educat*