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You can add boolean operators to your search to help filter and organize results:

• (Aliens) OR (Extraterrestrials) - finds results that have either the term "aliens" or the term "Extraterrestrials."  We use this to make sure we capture the concept of aliens.
• (Aliens) AND (Jupiter) - finds results that have both the terms "aliens" and "Jupiter." We use this to find results at the intersection of both terms. We would use this search if we didn't care about aliens on Mars or humans on Jupiter.
• (Jupiter) NOT (god) - excludes results that have the term "god." We use this to clarify our search when using words with multiple meanings.
• Alie* - finds results that have any ending for the term: Alien, Aliens, Alienation, Alienist, etc.
• Cook[tiab] - finds results that have the term in the title or abstract of the paper. This will filter out papers written by someone named "Cook" that don't have to do with cooking.
• "hip pain"[tiab:~2] - finds results where the word "hip" is two or less words away from the word "pain" in the title or abstract, including:
  • "hip pain"
  • "pain around the hip"
  • "hip and knee pain"
  • "hip/groin pain"
  • "hip joint pain"

You can use subject terms to capture a concept without listing out synonyms. Most databases use their own set of subject terms,  PubMed uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):

• Medical Subject Headings
• PubReMiner can search PubMed for possible subject headings.

You can use Polyglot to convert your search strategy from PubMed to another database. You will need to manually switch subject terms, though:

• Polyglot