Phrase Searching
For most databases, use quotation marks around a phrase to force the words to be in that order.
For example: “mental health” instead of: mental health
Truncation
Retrieve items with various word endings and spellings
Usually the symbol is an asterisk (*)
For example: child* will find child, children, or childish
Limiting
Many databases have advanced limiting features relevant to the subject
Check for limiting by year, publication type, gender, education level or age groups.