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If you do not find enough information on your topic, think of synonyms or other ways of stating your topic and do another search. Or, use more general terms to broaden your search.

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Databases that use subject headings often include a thesaurus of broader, narrower, and related terms for their subject headings.

For example, looking up the subject heading "visual memory" in PsycInfo's thesaurus will give you this list of broader, narrower, and related subject headings which you can use to expand, narrow, or refocus your search. Click on any of the terms to find definitions and broader, narrower, and related terms for them also, or select one or more to search in the database.