Search & Research

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Let's return to our example research question, main ideas, and alternate terms.

What is the relationship between cell phone use and anxiety for teenagers?

Use the main ideas and alternate terms above to build a boolean search for this research topic. Remember that AND connects keywords from different main ideas (across rows in the table) and OR connects keywords from the same main idea (in the same column in the table). When you're ready, click below to expand and see an example search. There are multiple correct ways to build searches, so don't worry if yours doesn't match exactly.