The Info Doctor is In Symptoms:  Search on the keyword "environment" retrieves more than 10,000 items in the library catalog. Searcher experiences vertigo, anxiety, sweating when contemplating looking through all those records. Diagnosis: INFORMATION OVERLOAD  Search strategy is TOO BROAD. Prescription: Narrow search by adding: a specific aspect of the topic such as legal, ethical  a time period such as 1980's, last 30 years  a geographic area such as Michigan, Netherlands  a population such as wildlife, manufacturers
							TIP: Use the Boolean operator AND between concepts to narrow your search. Example: Michigan AND environment
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