Boolean Phrases Cheat Sheet
By Nataly Martinez
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Last updated about 3 years ago
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A nice short lesson/refresher on how to use Boolean cheat sheets for library online catalog searching.
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Using "AND" as a boolean operator makes your search results more narrow.
Using "AND" as a boolean operator makes your search results more narrow.
Choosing "OR" as a search feature makes your results a lot bigger.
Choosing "OR" as a search feature makes your results a lot bigger.
Using "NOT" as a search parament is great for narrowing down what you want to see by thinking about what you do not want to see.
Using "NOT" as a search parament is great for narrowing down what you want to see by thinking about what you do not want to see.