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

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Hi

We experienced this when we first switched over to the new UI as well. The
reason the results are fewer than expected is because the default now is to
_not_ search full text, just the high-level metadata. You have to scroll
down to the bottom of the advanced search page to turn that on.

You might also take note of the "apply equivalent subjects" option - which
defaults to being checked. That has caused problems for folks looking for
specific words.
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>    1. Re: EBSCO Education Source retrieving fewer search results
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> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:19:14 +0000
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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.
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> Thanks for bringing this up – I would have just thought it was me!
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