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This guide contains information about the library resources and services that are available from the SJSU Library

Find Articles Faster: Boolean AND, OR, NOT

Boolean Operator Examples Results

AND

Boolean AND
children
AND
poverty
AND provides results that contain both or all keywords. Use AND to narrow a search.

OR

Boolean OR
labor
OR
labour
OR provides results that contain either keyword. Use OR to broaden a search.

NOT

Boolean NOT
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.