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global warming conspiracy global warming AND conspiracy
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Initials are always tricky.
Was it entered with just a period, E.L. Inabinett, or with a space after the first period E. L. Inabinett
"e l inabinett" "el inabinett"
Use OR to look for both. If using a Simple search and your search also includes AND, be sure to nest OR terms inside parentheses
("e l inabinett" OR "el inabinett) AND papers
But in other instances it isn't so sensitive. Performance was improved and colons before subtitle don't seem to mess up searches.