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Refining Your Results

 

Too MANY results  Too FEW results 
Add another concept if possible  Do not use MeSH [Majr]
Try using MeSH [Majr] Remove subheadings from the MeSH terms
Add subheadings to the MeSH terms  Consider using more synonyms for each concept 
Add a filter  Remove a concept 
Use search title/abstract and [OT] search tags

Remove any filters 

These are just a few suggestions; which one you should try first/ or use, it depends on the question and the search strategies. 

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