[Eril-l] EBSCO Education Source retrieving fewer search results than expected?

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This is interesting!  I just had a student today struggling with the same thing, even when we expanded the databases we were using to include Academic Search and ERIC.  I don't know if it's just the search terms we're using, or a more widespread issue.

Thanks for bringing this up - I would have just thought it was me!

Jodi

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Dear List,

A colleague at my institution reports that the Education Source database on EBSCOhost is retrieving far fewer results than expected.

For example, a "Find all my search terms" search for [k-12 students AND meditation] currently returns 47 results, when in the past the same search has retrieved up to 20,000 results.

Has anyone else noticed such a discrepancy?

Thanks!

John Holm (he/him)
E-Resources & Discovery Librarian
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