There are a number of helpful tips and hints you can use to improve your search results. For example, you can use Boolean operators to link search terms together; and/or limit the search to a specific title.
- Using the "AND" operator
- For example, type sleep AND walking to find results that refer to both sleep and walking.
- Using the "OR" operator
- As an example, search sleep AND walking OR waking to find results that reference the terms "sleep" and "walking" or the term "waking".
- Using the "NOT" operator
- Type sleep OR walking NOT waking to find results that contain the terms "sleep" or "walking" but not the term "waking".
- To further define your results, type: sleep AND walking AND waking to constrict the search to include all terms linked by the "AND" operator.
- Grouping Terms Together Using Parentheses
- Parentheses also may be used to control a search query.
- Generalized Search: dog or cat and show or parade
- Focused Search: (dog or cat) and (show or parade).
- In the first example, the search will retrieve everything on dog or cat shows AS WELL AS everything on parades whether or not the articles refer to dogs or cats
- In the second example, we have used the parentheses to control our query to only find articles about shows or parades that reference dogs or cats.
