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ex: Microeconomics AND theory

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ex: "intermediate microeconomics"

Use filter tools,

ex: limit by date

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ex: fundamentals OR principles

Use truncation (*),

ex: microeconom* (for search microeconomic and microeconomics)

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ex:

• to find all materials of an author, use the embedded link at the field named Author.

• to find all materials in a topic, use the embedded link at he field named Subject Terms