Here we have outlined some of our favourite search tips. They are also available on this guide
Tip 1: Keywords
To use Onesearch effectively think carefully about your keywords before you start. Avoid just typing in your assignment title.
For example:
Assignment title |
Critically examine the benefits of eating chocolate as part of a healthy diet |
Possible Keywords |
chocolate health benefits cocoa diet |
Tip 2: Phrase Searching
Add quotation marks to find words next to each other, in that exact order. This helps to reduce the amount of results found.
"dark chocolate"
"health benefits"
Tip 3: Boolean Operators
Use Boolean Operators to combine keywords more effectively

Tip 4: Truncation
A star * at the root of the word finds all the various endings of the word
eg psych* will find psychology, psychologist, psychological etc.
Tips 5: Filters or Tweak my Results options
Use the filters to drill down your results further eg by date, peer review, subject headings etc