RTM 204: Introduction to Recreation Therapy

Watch this video to learn how to navigate OneSearch to find materials available through the University Library.

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To get more results, broaden your search.

• Use fewer search terms. Look for words not unique to your topic that you could cut from your search string.
• OR Use OR to link synonyms, so you get articles where the authors used other terms to describe the same or similar concepts. 
  • (outdoors OR wilderness)
  • (leisure OR "free time")
• * Use an asterisk to find articles using any of the variants of the same root word.
  • touris* = tourist, tourists, tourism
• Use more inclusive search terms.
  • Bigger locations - too few results from "los angeles", try california
  • More general terms - too few results from coachella, try "music festival"
• Search as many possible sources at once by using Google Scholar.

To get fewer results, narrow your search.

• " " Use quotation marks to find exact phrases, when you need words next to each other in precise sequence to have the meaning you intend.
  • "physical activity"
  • "board games"
• Add more concepts to your search. Consider the who, what, when, where, why, and how.
• Use narrower, more specific concepts or aspects of your original topic.
  • recreation => camping
• Search fewer sources, one top journal at a time.