Be flexible and creative with your search terms.

• think of synonyms
  • banning OR censoring
• think of alternate spellings
  • banning OR banned OR ban OR censoring OR censored OR censor

Put quotation marks around things commonly expressed as phrases:

• "police brutality"
• "climate change"
• "emotional intelligence"

Your search should not be a sentence or clause:

• AVOID THIS: books being banned in NYC libraries
• TRY THIS: books AND banning AND libraries AND new york

Type "AND" between search terms that express concepts that must be present:

• "climate change" AND "sea levels"
• "policy brutality" AND legislation

Type a set of parentheses and the word "OR" to search for a set of synomyms or related terms:

• "animal cruelty" AND (dogs OR puppies OR canines)
• books AND (banning OR banned OR ban OR censoring OR censored OR censor) AND "new york" AND libraries
• congestion AND (tunnels OR bridges OR intersections OR highways)

Prefer nouns for your search terms, not verbs:

• Instead of this: women confronting patriarchy using art
• Use this: women AND art AND patriarchy AND confront
• Even better: women AND art AND patriarchy AND (confront OR critique OR attack)