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No Results: Stuck in the Search Loop

This guide provides help with rethinking your search strategy when you've hit a wall in your research.
KNOWLEDGE CHECKS are indicated by (KC) in the tabs. KNOWLEDGE CHECKS are short quizzes (two (2) or fewer questions about the content on the tab). 

After reviewing this Topic Guide, students should be able to:

  • reformulate topic and/or strategy when search results are unsatisfactory 

Scenario: You have started your research assignment. You want to write about the effect of the opioid crisis on single-parent Appalachian families.

You decide to use the following keywords:

  • appalachian health
  • opioid abuse
  • single parent households

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Using your keywords in an EBSCOhost database you did not return any results.