Phrase searching helps you to limit your search as it is used to specify that your terms must appear next to each other, and in the order you specify.
Phrase searching is commonly achieved by surrounding your phrase with "quotation marks". (Always check the database help screens, as some databases may use different symbols.)
For example, when your add the quotation marks to the following terms, the database searches for those exact terms in the order your specify and not anywhere in the item record.
