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Animal Welfare Information Center

Search Hedges Make Finding Information Easier!


Three elephant-shaped greenery hedges with a call out, "Use search hedges to find information on animals!"

Image courtesy of Eva Rahman Nishi. Edited by AWIC.


Need to find information on animals more efficiently? Search hedges can help! Search hedges (also known as search filters) are premade or predetermined search strings that retrieve citations on a particular topic in bibliographic databases. To use search hedges, simply copy and paste the search hedge into a database and modify the string as needed.

For additional information on literature searching, visit AWIC's literature searching webpage. Contact us if you have any questions.


Trainings and Conferences


Meeting the Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act (Virtual)

May 3 & 4, 2023

10th Annual 3Rs Symposium: The 3Rs in Action! (Virtual)

May 17 & 18, 2023


Check out AWIC's 3Rs webpage for 3Rs and animal welfare related funding opportunities!


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