Boolean Operators

What is a Boolean operator?

• A type of search engine

• Words and symbols used within databases and search engines to narrow results

• Words and symbols used within databases and search engines to make research more complicated

• A type of database

What function does the Boolean operator "NOT" have?

• Will show results with EITHER or BOTH keywords

• Will show results with ALL keywords

• Will always show no results

• Will show results including first keyword but excluding second keyword

What function does the Boolean operator "AND" have?

• Will show results with ALL keywords

• Will show results with only sources written in all caps

• Will show results with EITHER or BOTH keywords

• Will show results including first keyword but excluding second keyword

What function does the Boolean operator "OR" have?

• Will only show results in all lowercase

• Will show results with ALL keywords

• Will show results including first keyword but excluding second keyword

• Will show results with EITHER or BOTH keywords

What function does the Boolean operator of quotation marks have?

• Will show results with the exact phrase

• Will only show results that contain dialogue

• Will show results with variations of the keyword

• Will show no results

What function does the Boolean operator of the asterisk have?

• Will only show results with the exact phrase

• Will show no results

• Will show results with variations of the keyword

• What is an asterisk?

How can you limit a search to ONLY .edu websites?

• -site:.edu

• site:.edu

• ".edu"

• .edu*

How can you make sure your search results do NOT have any .co websites?

• site:.co

• -".co"

• .co*

• -site:.co

When conducting academic research, what is typically the BEST way to narrow your search results the furthest?

• Search on Google

• Search on Google Scholar

• Search on a database like SIRS

• Search on Bing