Librarians from the Research Engagement and Scholarship (RES) department are here to help.
Contact an RES Librarian:
David Bell
Steve Brantley
Kirstin Duffin
Michele McDaniel
Amy Odwarka
By using the terms AND, OR, and NOT, to link your keywords, you can build more exact searches. |
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ANDCombining concepts with AND will only give results that contain both concepts. |
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ORCombining concepts with OR will produce results that contain either concept. |
Blue OR Glasses |
OR = More Results This search will find any blue bunny or any color of glasses-wearing bunny. |
NOTCombining concepts with NOT will exclude one concept. |
Glasses NOT Pink |
NOT = Word Dropped from Results This search will find any glasses-wearing bunny, but it excludes any pink bunny. |
Combining Concepts You can combine phrases for complex searches. Use "()" to group phrases. |
(Glasses OR Pink) NOT Green |
The computer does this search in two parts. First, any pink bunny or any glasses-wearing bunny is found. Then, all the green glasses-wearing bunnies are excluded. So, you get both pink bunnies and glasses wearing bunnies, but no green bunnies. |
More Combining Operators You can group and combine phrases in many ways. Be sure to use "()" to group phrases. |
(Blue OR Green) AND Glasses |
The computer does this search in two parts. First, any blue bunny or any green bunny is found. Then, only the glasses-wearing bunnies are kept. So, you get both blue and green glasses-wearing bunnies. |
Word Stems Use * to find different endings for word |
Bunn* |
You will find: Bunny, Bunnies, Bunnicula, and any other word that starts with “Bunn” |