ENG 342: American Girls Fiction: Search Skills - Refresher
Have You Applied Yet?
Boolean Operators
Boolean operators help you when searching. The most popular operators are: AND, OR, NOT - THEY MUST BE TYPED IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
AND narrows your search, OR expands your search, NOT limits your search
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Use the asterisk * to truncate a word and search for all forms.
Ex. Invent* will give you: Invent, Invents, Inventor, Invention
Use the question mark ? as a wildcard symbol.
Ex. Wom?n will search: woman & women
Use quotes to search for a specific phrase rather than just keywords
Ex. "Frog King" will search for the phrase rather than pulling every result that has "frog" and "king" somewhere in the record.
Subject Guide
Rebecca Seipp
Contact:
seipprl@hollins.edu
MSIS, Information Science
The University of Texas at Austin
BA, History
Southwestern University
MSIS, Information Science
The University of Texas at Austin
BA, History
Southwestern University
540.362.6328