Electronic Databases are usually searched using boolean logic operators. The following table shows some frequently used operators.
Operator | Example | Description |
"AND" | 'jaundice' AND 'fruits' | Retrieves all documents that have both 'jaundice' and 'fruits' in them. Does not retrieve articles that have either 'jaundice' or 'fruits' but not both. Narrows down search. |
"OR" | 'jaundice' OR 'fruits' | Retrieves all documents that have either 'jaundice' or 'fruits' or both of the terms in them. Includes all the terms. Widens Search. |
"NOT" | 'jaundice' NOT 'fruits' | Retrieves all documents that contain the word 'jaundice' but not the word 'fruits'. |
"$" | 'fruit$' | Retrieves all documents that contain words like 'fruity', 'fruits', etc in addition to all documents that contain the word 'fruit' |
The following documents discuss search strategies in greater depth:
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