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Library Skills Instruction: Boolean Operators/Connectors

Boolean Operators/Connectors

The video on this page explains how to use Boolean Operators, i.e., "AND," "OR," and "NOT" to broaden or narrow your search query.  In some resources, Boolean Operators are referred to as Boolean Connectors.

Boolean Operators for Database Searching by Emily Mazure at the Virginia Commonwealth University