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The final Boolean operator NOT allows you to exclude concepts not relevant to your search. For example, you could search multi-infarct dementia by using Dementia NOT Alzheimer's . But be careful using this because you would eliminate records discussing both types of dementia, as all articles discussing Alzheimer's are eliminated.
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BetaOnly works in Boolean mode. /n/ Proximity operator; Same as W/n operator (above) Emulated STATUS operator; smith/10/brown: Finds documents where words and phrases appear within n words of each other (as in the old STATUS system), where n is a number you specify. Similar in function to W/n (see above). /m,n/ Proximity operator; Finer control ...
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BetaLearn how to use Boolean operators such as AND, OR, and NOT to refine your search results in databases and search engines. See examples, tips, and a table of common operators and their functions.
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BetaBoolean Example What it does; NARROW: AND: policy AND homelessness AND australia: only locates resources containing all three keywords: NOT-vikings NOT "tv show" NOT "tv series" education -preschool. eliminated information you do not want (e.g. locates resources about Vikings, not the TV series)" ""world health organisation" AND "immunisation ...
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BetaLearn how to use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to combine and manipulate search terms and retrieve specific information from databases and search engines. Explore the importance, multifaceted applications, and ethical considerations of Boolean operators in information literacy.
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BetaBoolean operator examples. A boolean operator, or logical operator, consists of operators such as AND, OR, NOT, NOR, NAND, and XOR.These operators are used with conditional statements in programming, search engines, algorithms, and formulas.. Below is an example chart that helps explain the Boolean operations even more by detailing each of the different Boolean situations.
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BetaBoolean Operators Explained. Now let's go into a little more detail about each operator. "Quotation Marks" Quotation marks tell the database to take the phrase as a whole, and search for the words together, and in order. Example: Searching wild geese: Without quotation marks, the database finds the word wild and the word geese separately.
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BetaLearn how to use boolean operators to connect your keywords and define the relationship between your search terms. See examples of AND, OR, NOT and how they affect the number of results.
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BetaBoolean operators tell databases exactly how you want your search terms combined for the optimal results. There are only five Boolean operators and all library databases understand them. The chart below briefly describes their functions.
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BetaThe colon is a character used in Boolean expressions. We see it used many times in this library. If you wish to use a colon in your keywords then you must use it in quotations so that the system doesn't think it's a Boolean expression, e.g. stock symbols. "
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