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Spark 1 (Mireles)

The Hidden Curriculum

Smart Searching - Tips & Tricks from UH West Oahu

  

Boolean Logic

 

AND, OR

Join together search terms in a logical manner.

AND : narrows searches, used to join dissimilar terms
OR : broadens searches, used to join similar terms

Examples:

#1
"popular culture" AND mummies

#2
“paleolithic art” OR “cave paintings”

#3
archaeology
AND
film OR movies

 

Phrase Searching

 

" "

To search for specific phrases, enclose them in quotation marks. The database will search for those words together in that order.

Examples:

"popular culture"

“rock art”

"upper Paleolithic"