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I wondered this as well- when I tested it, there is a small difference in the number of results when using quotes, but not enough to explain the large result gap when all is put together. (XB pregnan* finds 58,999 results while XB "pregnan*" finds 58,966 results)</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Could the non-standard quotes around the last term be relevant? I don't have PsycINFO on EBSCO so can't try it, but I've seen issues before where smart quotes aren't handled like regular quotes. Does XB "pregnan*" or XB pregnan* behave
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I just gave this a try and can confirm that if I copy and paste those queries into the APA PsycInfo basic search bar, I get those same strangely small results. However, when I reconstructed this query:</span></p>
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outcomes"</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"obstetrical
complications")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"premature
birth")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB “pregnan*”)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">--using Advanced Search, I got 85,127 results. Unfortunately, the advanced search feature isn't advanced enough to fully reconstruct the longer query, so this isn't necessarily the best work-around. Hopefully
this can help point EBSCO support in the right direction, though.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">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? <br>
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This is one search block that is only giving us 2 results:<br>
((DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Expectant Mothers")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Pregnancy)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Pregnancy
Outcomes")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Obstetrical
Complications")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Premature
Birth")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB “pregnan*”)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
gestation*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Fertility)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Fertility
Enhancement")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Infertility")
OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB fertilit*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR (XB infertilit*) OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
"premature birth*")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB "expecting mother*"</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
"pregnant adult*")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB "high risk pregnanc*")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
"fertility treat*")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB "infertility treat*") OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Sexual
Reproduction)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Reproductive
Health")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Reproductive
Health Care")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Reproductive
Technology")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Sterilization
(Sex)")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">((XB reproduc*) AND</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">((XB
health*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB medicine)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
behavior*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB technique*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
technolog*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB histor*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
steriliz*)))</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Parents)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Parenting)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
parent*)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Mothers)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB
mother*))<br>
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If only include the first five descriptors, I get 2530:<br>
(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Expectant Mothers")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Pregnancy)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Pregnancy
Outcomes")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Obstetrical
Complications")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Premature
Birth")<br>
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Just searching (XB “pregnan*”) gives me 58,930.<br>
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Now if I try to put those two searches together with OR, I get 4 results!<br>
(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Expectant Mothers")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Pregnancy)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Pregnancy
Outcomes")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Obstetrical
Complications")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(DE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">"Premature
Birth")</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">OR</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(XB “pregnan*”)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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