6 Simple search Tips: Lessons learned from the Scopus Webinar

1. Loose phrases vs. separate words
2. TITLE-ABS-KEY is the default search field
3. Know what Scopus search does automatically (apart from being case-insensitive)
4. Use proximity operators to find words near one another
5. Wildcards
6. The Scopus help files are your friend

source: Scopus Blog