Combine search terms with Boolean operators PsycINFO Library Next = Click

Boolean operators2 Use Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT to combine search terms AND: all terms must occur e.g. reading AND dyslexia (restrict) OR: at least one of the terms must occur e.g. reading OR dyslexia (expand) NOT: the second term should not occur e.g. reading NOT dyslexia (exclude) Library dyslexia reading dyslexia

Boolean operators3 Method 1: search across Multiple Fields

Boolean operators4 Search sample: attributions of students students

Boolean operators5 attribution AND : both terms must occur

Boolean operators6 Combine with OR Results: 79 records on both students and attributionInclude the term fear in a search for anxiety anxiety fear

Boolean operators7 Results: records that all contain at least one of the terms A new search: coercion NOT violence coercion violence

Boolean operators8 Method 2: combined search using Advanced Search

Boolean operators9 attribution and Multiple operators can be used Control the order of precedence with parentheses (fear or anxiety)

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Boolean operators11 Boolean operators restrict with AND expand with OR exclude with NOT use parentheses in searches with more than one Boolean operator Library