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Phrase searching

Some databases use double quotes “…” , others use brackets (….) for phrase searching.

Enclosing a search term in quotes instructs the database to treat the term as a fixed phrase, rather than as separate words.

e.g. the search term global warming will retrieve all records containing the words ‘global’ and ‘warming’ anywhere in the article,

For example, the article with the paragraphs

• There are global expectations of youths today that are influenced by television, cable, the internet and the telecommunications revolution generally....
  
• Because of the warming in relations between several countries, there has been renewed interest in this phenomenon.

• "Some claim that there is little hard evidence that global warming is significant. Several international treaties have been signed which include measures to reduce global warming."