| Original Term | Synonym #1 | Synonym #2 |
| high blood pressure | hypertension | atherosclerosis |
| chest pain | angina | coronary artery disease |
| exercise | physical activity | fitness |
Keyword and Phrase Search Techniques
-use "AND" to connect search terms and make your search more narrow (e.g. - high blood pressure AND physical activity)
-use "OR" to broaden search results for terms that are synonyms of each other (e.g. - high blood pressure OR hypertension AND physical activity)
-use "NOT" to exclude particular search terms from the results (e.g. - high blood pressure NOT sleep apnea)
-by placing a search term in quotation marks, you direct the database to do a phrase search rather than a keyword search. The database will search for the exact phrase in the exact order you specify (e.g. - "coronary artery disease" vs. coronary AND artery AND disease)
-a wildcard is a symbol that stands in for any letter of the alphabet. The particular wildcard symbol will vary from database to database (check the Help page for more information), but common symbols include *, #, ?, and $. (e.g. - wom#n would find women and woman)
-a truncation symbol is a type of wildcard that will search any number of letters. The most common truncation symbol is a *, but may vary from database to database (e.g. - psych* would find psychology, psychiatry, psychosis, psychological, etc.)
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