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Boolean Search Operators Guide

Boolean operators like AND, OR, and NOT allow users to define searches more precisely by combining or excluding search terms. AND searches for all terms, NOT excludes terms, and OR searches for either term. Near searches for terms in the specified order within quotes. Examples show searching for "Miley Cyrus and Tongue", "Miley Cyrus not Tongue", "Team Jacob or Team Edward", and terms in quotes like "American Bulldog".

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Boolean Search Operators Guide

Boolean operators like AND, OR, and NOT allow users to define searches more precisely by combining or excluding search terms. AND searches for all terms, NOT excludes terms, and OR searches for either term. Near searches for terms in the specified order within quotes. Examples show searching for "Miley Cyrus and Tongue", "Miley Cyrus not Tongue", "Team Jacob or Team Edward", and terms in quotes like "American Bulldog".

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Boolean search

And (+)

Not (-)

Or

Near

Define your search with the


use of boolean operators

For example: Miley Cyrus and (+) Tongue

And

+
This type of operator
will search for the items
included with the and/ +.

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Not

For example: Miley Cyrus not (-)


Tongue

This Boolean operator arrows


the search by eliminating extra
information.
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Or

For example: Team Jacob or Team


Edward

This operator broadens the


search by including all the
words you type for the search.

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For example: Bulldog

Near

This type of Boolean operator


can also mean equals. The
search will include
everything in the quotations
in the order it is typed.

American Bulldog

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Brindle American Bulldog


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