Unlike Google, library databases can't understand an entire sentence. So you'll need to break your topic down into the most important ideas - the KEYWORDS.
Example Topic: What was the effect of social media on candidate preference in the 2016 US presidential election?
The specifics of your topic will matter when selecting sources, but for searching you only need the most essential components.
Keywords: social media, candidate preference, 2016 US presidential election
Keyword: social media Synonym: Facebook |
You can evaluate any source using the 5 W's:
social media AND candidate preference
social media OR Facebook
This will bring back results that only use that exact phrase
.