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When you revise your search, if you are able to find what you need, that is success, but many times one needs to revisit a search.
In this case, you may to adjust your key terms, Boolean operators, broaden or narrow your topic, adjust filters, and try using a thesaurus and controlled vocabulary.
However, the same types of strategies are used.
Click here to review the search strategies.
Click here to go back to the Flowchart Home page.