Below are a few search tips to help you execute a search in Business Source Premier.
asterisk (*) - The asterisk acts as a truncator so it brings back all variation of a word. (ex. Politic* will bring back results with terms such as Politicial, Politics, Politicize, Politically etc.). It is a way to expand your search.
Use quotation marks (" ") if you have two or more words that you want to search as a phrase. "international relations" will yield only those results in which international relations is used as a phrase. International relations will yield results where the word international and the word relations appear in the record but not necessarily beside each other. This is a way to narrow your search.
Field Searching - Your search terms can be restricted to only appear in a certain field. Using the drop down box in Business Source Premier, you can restrict by subject, company name, ticker symbol, geographic terms and more. If looking for articles about a specific country, enter the country name in the search box and then select geographic terms from the drop down box.