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Boolean Phrases Cheat Sheet

By Nataly Martinez
Last updated over 3 years ago
3 Questions
Note from the author:
A nice short lesson/refresher on how to use Boolean cheat sheets for library online catalog searching.
1.

Using "AND" as a boolean operator makes your search results more narrow.

2.

Choosing "OR" as a search feature makes your results a lot bigger.

3.

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.