Boolean Quiz
AND
finds results with your all search terms,for when you want to find two or more search terms (limit), narrows your search
quotation marks
keeps 2 or more words together, in the EXACT order
OR
when you want one or another term result (expand), finds results with any of your search terms & OR broadens your search
NOT
words you don't want to come up (excludes), finds results with only one of your search terms & NOT narrows your search.
truncation
when you use !/*/? to substitute a letter in search terms
boolean operator
AND, OR, NOT
boolean operator that will give you most search results
OR
the following seach statement will exclude any records that contain the term "poodle" (dogs OR canines) NOT cats
false
the operator NOT is another way to broaden a search or retrieve more records
false
the operator OR when used to link two or concept terms will retrieve fewer records because both terms need not to be presented in each article
false
using the operator AND to combine concept terms is a good way to increase the number of records retrieved in a search
false
boolean searching
when using AND, OR, or NOT to limit or broaden your search
boolean operators are AND, OR, NOT
true
the operator AND when used to link two concept terms will retrieve only those records that contain both concept terms
true
child*=child, children, childhood, ect.
truncation
comput*=compute, computer, computeres, computerization, ect.
truncation
dog*
truncation
wom?n= woman or women
truncation