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Search Strategies: Advanced

Here you find short videos with basic explanations of some of the more advanced techniques and approaches for devising a good search strategy. If you'd rather watch these videos on YouTube, you can find them in this playlist.

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Parenthesis: What should happen when in your search?

Duration: 2 minute, 1 second.
Subtitles available in English & Norwegian

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Short, basic explanation of the use of parenthesis in relation to search.

NEAR: Determine the proximity of search words

Duration: 1 minute, 35 seconds.
Subtitles available in English & Norwegian

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Short, basic explanation of the proximity operator "NEAR" in relation to search. This is a short, basic introduction to using NEAR when searching databases and online searches in general. NEAR may be useful in cases where you need two or more words in close proximity to each other.