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Find Opposing Views (Pros and Cons): Advanced Search Tips

A guide for finding opposing views designed and created by Clark Librarians

Advanced Search Tip #1

Use the word or (a Boolean operator) to find one or more related focus words. Always put parentheses around a set of words connected with or.  For example:

(argument* or opinion* or opposition)
(liberal* or left-wing or democrat*)

Screenshot of a search for "climate change" AND (argument* OR opposition*) with the parentheses and the word or highlighted

Always put parentheses around words connected with OR

Advanced Search Tip #2

If you aren't getting very many results, change the default search for the focus word  from "Select a Field" to "TX All Text," as shown in the following example:

Screenshot of a sample search for "climate change" AND evangelical. For the term evangelical, the search bar has been set to search "all text" using a drop-down menu

Change the right-hand drop down menu from "All Fields" to "All Text"

 

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