Boolean Logic allows you to combine keywords to make a search more precise. The three terms are: AND, OR, NOT.
AND - Narrows a search
Example: medial collateral ligament AND therapy: Retrieves articles with both medial collateral ligament and therapy.
OR - Expands a search
Example: medial collateral ligament OR mcl: Retrieves articles with just medial collateral ligament, just mcl, and articles with both medial collateral ligament and mcl.
NOT - Removes a term from a search
Example: medial collateral ligament NOT mcl: Retrieves articles with medial collateral ligament, but remove all articles with any mention of mcl. Use NOT sparingly because you often lose many useful articles.
Health communication is a very new field, starting in the mid-1970s. There are few journals that address issues in health communication specifically. However, Auraria has access to a few helpful journals. It is a good idea to browse through these journals to get a feeling for recent research being done in this discipline.
Comprises more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
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