| AND:
You may use the connector "and" to combine terms in a KEYWORD search. "And"
means that all search terms must be present in records retrieved. |
For example: |
grains and cereals |
| retrieves only records in which BOTH "grains" and "cereals"
appear. |
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Using "and" NARROWS a search. |
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| OR:
You may use the connector "or" in a KEYWORD
search to search on several alternative
terms at once. Use "or" when you want to see all the records which contain
ANY of the terms you specify. |
For example: |
mice or gerbils |
| retrieves all records in which either "mice" or "gerbils"
appears. |
| For example: |
galax* or nebula* |
| retrieves all records in which either "galax" appears as
a root word (galaxy, galaxies) or "nebula" appears as a root word (nebula,
nebulae). |
| You may use "or"
to search for variant spellings |
For example: |
cataloger or cataloguer |
| Using "or" EXPANDS a search. |
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| NOT:
You may use the connector "not" (or "no") in a KEYWORD
search to exclude
a term. Using "not" narrows a search. |
For example: |
lizards not reptiles |
| retrieves all records which contain "lizards" but excludes
those which also contain the word "reptiles". |
| For example |
galax* not novel* |
| retrieves all records which contain "galaxy" or "galaxies"
but excludes those which also contain "novel" or "novels". |