Searching more efficiently

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Searching more efficiently

• Online Library Catalogs
• Journal Databases and Abstracts
• Internet Search Engines and Subject Directories
• Corporate Data Systems

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Boolean AND
SCOTLAND AND GOLF
SCOTLAND
GOLF

All of these All the words Must contain
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Boolean OR
JAZZ OR SWING
JAZZ
SWING
Any of these Some of the words May
contain
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Boolean NOT
OPERA NOT SOAP
OPERA AND SOAP
OPERA
SOAP
None of these Exclude Must not contain
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Complex Boolean Search
(OPERA NOT SOAP) AND (VIDEO OR DVD OR
TELEVISION)
(OPERA NOT SOAP)
(VIDEO OR DVD OR TELEVISION)

Nesting
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Truncation or Wild Cards

• Retrieves all variants of a word stem
• fem female, feminine, feminist, feminists,
  feminism
• Operators vary ?

feminine
female
feminist
feminists
feminism
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