Thursday, February 1, 2018

The researcher's search dilemma

Just when I thought I had searched through all the research databases, I discovered I had to use different combinations of the term orphan. I had good success with orphanhood and orphanage. The problem with the term orphan is the overlap with other areas. Orphan is used in technology and computer science. Orphan is used with drugs and other types of diseases so I end up with thousands of sources for a search. Too much minutia to wade through. Now I noticed I can use orphan and a topic such as China. Back to the search!

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