| (LOVE and (concept$ or conceiv$ or defin$ or understand$ or understood)).mp. [mp=title, abstract, full text, caption text] |
| (LOVE adj5 (concept$ or conceiv$ or defin$ or understand$ or understood)).mp. [mp=title, abstract, full text, caption text] |
Tricks
in database searching for concept analysis terms.
PROXIMITY SEARCHING
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LOVE AND (CONCEPT* OR DEFIN* OR UNDERSTAND* OR CONCEIV* OR UNDERSTOOD).
As useful as ANDs, ORs, and Parenthesis, is the proximity operator. Just like looking for words as a phrase, search engines can look for words next to each other or within a defined number of words near each other. Such a search may look like: LOVE ADJ4 DEFIN*. The ADJ# is a code for ADJacent or within # words of each other. This locates phrases like:So modifying the search some more causes it to look like:
LOVE ADJ3 (CONCEPT* OR DEFIN* OR UNDERSTAND* OR CONCEIV* OR UNDERSTOOD)| # | Search History | Results | Display | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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6866 | |
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| 2 |
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423 | |
Of course, 423 results is much cleaner than 6866 but there is some refinement which still can be done.
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