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• Define what you are looking for as precisely as possible, considering that the more words you use, the more accurate your search is.
• Type either the word you want to find (e.g. *elections*) or type a phrase (e.g. *elections Nigeria*). If more than two words are entered, all records in the database containing these words as a phrase will be retrieved.
• To find plurals and word stems, use the truncation symbol, “*”. For example, entering the word *elect** will find all entries in the database containing electoral, election, elections, electing, etc.
• To find records that contain any one of several words or phrases, enter the word "*OR*" between them. To find all information on the relationship between elections and transparency, for example, enter “*elections* AND *transparency*". This will retrieve records where both those concepts are present.