AND, OR, NOT Presented by Brenda Levert LM 565:91 Jan. 30, 2010
Relationship between search terms Named after George Boole You can use Boolean Logic to refine your search
Boolean Logic 1.Boys AND Blue shirts___?__ 2.Boys OR Blue shirts ___?__ 1 6
Class Activity 1. Boys and Green shirts ___?___ 2. Boys or Green shirts ___?___
The Boolean Machine
Quotation marks require the search tool to treat your keywords as a phrase. Example: “Benjamin Franklin”
AND: Used to combine two keywords. Both must be present in the results Example ANDTelevisionViolence
Other Boolean Operators OR: Requires either term to be present in the search results Example: Colleges OR Universities CollegesUniversities OR
Other Boolean Operators NOT: Excludes terms Example: college NOT university collegeuniversity
Behavior FelinesCats (cats OR felines) AND behavior
Truncation (*) symbol Comput* compute computer computing computation
Review AND OR NOT
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