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Operators

Operators allow users to connect keywords and search terms to refine search results. Nouns typically make good keywords. Boolean operators like AND, OR and NOT can be used to combine keywords. A chart provides examples of how different operators yield specific results, such as searches for terms in quotes in exact order or searches only within a particular domain or file type.

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Operators

Operators allow users to connect keywords and search terms to refine search results. Nouns typically make good keywords. Boolean operators like AND, OR and NOT can be used to combine keywords. A chart provides examples of how different operators yield specific results, such as searches for terms in quotes in exact order or searches only within a particular domain or file type.

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Operators

Search engines and databases work better when we break our search into keywords.
How do we make keywords? Nouns usually make good keywords. Weve discussed
using Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) to connect our terms during your class
library visits throughout BRSD. For information on how to connect keywords, see the
chart below.
Keyword
apples OR oranges
granny smith apples
apples AND oranges
NOT apples
or
~automobile
define:weather
site:.gov
filetype:.pdf

Yields

-apples

Websites about apples; websites about oranges


All words in quotes in exact order (spelling counts!)
Websites mentioning both apples and oranges
Both NOT and minus exclude the term
Searches for the term and its synonyms
Gives a definition of the term
Searches for the given domain
Only searches for the specified document type

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