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