Advanced Searching Tips & Tricks
Joining terms AND | OR | NOT (Boolean operators)
AND used to join keywords together (e.g. students AND food programs) (primary students AND food insecurity)
OR used to join synonyms together (e.g. primary students OR high school students)
NOT used to exclude words we don’t want (e.g. students NOT university)
Multiple operators can be used together (e.g. primary students OR high school students AND breakfast programs)
Wild Card Searching
Truncation/Wild card helps search for words with various endings. Can be a useful tool when you can’t remember exact spelling of a name or title
Truncation to combine variations of a word
Wildcard for single letter spelling options
Phrases are identified by quotation marks
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