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You can't ask a library database or Summon a question or write a sentence like you can in Google. Your research question must be broken down into keywords.
Question: What are the newest developments in nanotechnology in North America?
Keywords: new developments nanotechnology North America
AND - both terms must appear within the results.
OR - either of the terms must appear in the results.
NOT - the term following must not appear in the results. (Use sparingly).
If you want a phrase to appear in the results, where each word must appear side by side in the correct order, use quotation marks.
"additive manufacturing"
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Ethic*
For: ethic, ethics, ethical, ethically, ethicist, etc.