Find Articles Faster: Boolean AND, OR, NOT
| Boolean Operator | Examples | Results |
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AND
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children AND poverty |
AND provides results that contain both or all keywords. Use AND to narrow a search. |
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OR
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labor OR labour |
OR provides results that contain either keyword. Use OR to broaden a search. |
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NOT
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Hawkeye NOT Marvel |
NOT provides results that contain the first keyword but not the second. Use NOT to exclude all records that contain a certain term. |
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Boolean Searching: Basic & Advanced Searching with BooleanFrom the University of South Carolina Upstate Library


