Modify your search
Once you have performed a search, you may need to modify your search keywords if too many or too few results have been retrieved.
Too many results
- Add more terms to narrow your search and be more specific
- Consider using narrower terms (e.g. instead of discrimination, try racial discrimination)
- Consider phrase searching (often by putting the phrase in quotation marks e.g. "native title")
- Tip: searching a specific case by a party's name can reduce the number of results returned (e.g. search for Yorta Yorta instead of native title).
Too few results
- Add alternative terms if needed
- Consider using broader terms (e.g. instead of racial discrimination, try discrimination)
- Check spelling, typing errors and variations
- Consider truncation if not already used
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This completes the Planning your research module.
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