[Eril-l] [External] search result weirdness PsycINFO EBSCOhost new UI

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Hi Erin,

I’m seeing similar results at my institution, so it’s not just you.

Good luck!

Ruth Light (she/her)
Interim Head, Electronic Resources Acquisitions
Electronic Resources Access Manager
Indiana University Libraries

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Hi All,
My EBSCO ticket is slowly making its way through the support center, but I was wondering if any of you super searchers can verify the weird results we're seeing in PsycInfo via EBSCOhost new UI. Full details below.
Thanks for any insight!
Erin
Erin Finnerty (she / her)
Electronic Resources Librarian
Temple University | Philadelphia, PA
erinf at temple.edu<mailto:erinf at temple.edu>
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Our librarians reported unexpected behavior and numbers of results when using the PsycINFO search for a systematic review. Is there an issue with the logic or are these searches malfunctioning?

This is one search block that is only giving us 2 results:
((DE "Expectant Mothers") OR (DE Pregnancy) OR (DE "Pregnancy Outcomes") OR (DE "Obstetrical Complications") OR (DE "Premature Birth") OR (XB “pregnan*”) OR (XB gestation*)  OR (DE Fertility) OR (DE "Fertility Enhancement") OR (DE "Infertility") OR (XB fertilit*)  OR (XB infertilit*) OR  (XB "premature birth*") OR (XB "expecting mother*" ) OR (XB "pregnant adult*") OR (XB "high risk pregnanc*") OR (XB "fertility treat*") OR (XB "infertility treat*") OR (DE Sexual Reproduction) OR (DE "Reproductive Health") OR (DE "Reproductive Health Care") OR (DE "Reproductive Technology") OR (DE "Sterilization (Sex)") OR ((XB reproduc*) AND ((XB health*) OR (XB medicine) OR (XB behavior*) OR (XB technique*) OR (XB technolog*) OR (XB histor*) OR (XB steriliz*))) OR (DE Parents) OR (DE Parenting) OR (XB parent*) OR (DE Mothers) OR (XB mother*))

If only include the first five descriptors, I get 2530:
(DE "Expectant Mothers") OR (DE Pregnancy) OR (DE "Pregnancy Outcomes") OR (DE "Obstetrical Complications") OR (DE "Premature Birth")

Just searching (XB “pregnan*”) gives me 58,930.

Now if I try to put those two searches together with OR, I get 4 results!
(DE "Expectant Mothers") OR (DE Pregnancy) OR (DE "Pregnancy Outcomes") OR (DE "Obstetrical Complications") OR (DE "Premature Birth") OR (XB “pregnan*”) 

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