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Search Tips
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The more efficient your queries are, the better your results will be. The key, is to be specfic without being too specific. You need to include enough information to locate relevant programs without being too specific, and excluding programs you may be interested in.
- Use the new requery feature in SPIN. If you are searching for "X-ray radiation measurement," you may not get results by searching on the whole term. Instead, try searching on "X-Ray." From the "X-ray" results list, select "search within these results" and search for "radiation." To narrow the search further, search within the new results list for "measurement." The results will be all the programs that contain "x_ray," "radiation" and "measurement."
- If you are searching by title fields, abstracts, or synopsis information, limit your queries to a few words. Queries like "Molecular degeneration of membranes permeated with electrons" might not return any useful results, however, "Molecular degeneration" or "membranes permeation" might provide a set of results that contain the information you want.
- Re-order your query statements. Changing your query statement from "Radiation Therapy" to "Therapy Radiation," may help locate and isolate the programs that meet your needs.
- Use advanced search. If you are familiar with SPIN, or know exactly what types of programs you are looking for, take advantage of the "advanced search" feature. This allows you to specify keywords, as well as funding limits, cost sharing, sponsor name, etc. Most fields within SPIN are queriable via advanced search. It may take time to get comfortable with this interface, but advanced searches will give you the most accurate results.
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