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• Opposing views from experts on the subject
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• Click on SEARCH in the left column.
  
  
• Type a word or phrase in the SEARCH box.
  
  
• Click on SEARCH

Hint:

Use quotation marks around phrases.

Example: "genetically modified foods"

• Use OR to connect similar terms.
  OR broadens your search.

• Use AND to connect separate concepts. AND narrows your search.

Example: "genetic engineering" or "genetically engineered"

Example: biotechnology and food

• Use * to replace one or more characters at the end of a search word.
  
  
• Use ? to replace one character within a search word.

Example: biotech* (retrieves biotech, biotechnology)

Example: wom?n (retrieves woman, women)

• Use quotation marks around phrases.
  
  
• Use quotation marks around search terms and @# to find terms within a specified number(#) of words of one another, regardless of the order in which they appear.

Example: "genetically modified foods"

Example: "genetically foods"@5 (retrieves genetically modified foods, genetically engineered foods, foods from genetically engineered plants)

1. Titles of reports matching the last search are automatically displayed.
2. Use SCROLL BAR to move through results.
3. Click on NEXT or PREVIOUS to display more results.
4. Click on title of a report to display the abstract of the report. Click on section headings at top of abstract to view other parts of the report.
5. Click on FILE at top of window and select CLOSE to return to the results list.

Printing screen display:

1. Display the report to be printed. (Optional)
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   Click on BACK to return to display of separate sections.
2. Click on PRINT at top of window and follow on-screen directions.

Printing page image display:

1. Click on PDF icon in upper right corner of the screen.
2. Double-click on the thumbnail image in left column to display a page.
3. Click on FILE and select PRINT. Follow on-screen directions.
4. Click on FILE and select EXIT to close window.

1. Display report to be downloaded. (Optional) Click on page icon in upper right corner to display the full report. Click on BACK to return to display of separate sections.
2. Insert a formatted disk into a floppy drive.
3. Click on FILE at the top of the window and select SAVE AS.
4. Type your disk drive, the filename (up to 8 characters), and the extension .txt in the FILE NAME box. Example: a:myfile.txt
5. Click on SAVE.

1. Display report to be emailed. (Optional) Click on page icon in upper right corner to display the full report. Click on BACK to return to display of separate sections.
   
2. Click on FILE in upper left corner of window and select SEND PAGE.
   
3. Click in the TO box and type your complete email address. (Optional) Click in the SUBJECT HEADER box and type a subject.
   
4. Click on SEND.

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