Advanced Research Tips

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Advanced Research Tips

• Information Literacy Fair
• Sept. 9, 1999
• Presented by Tamm Sissac

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Using Boolean to Combine Search Terms cats AND
dogs
AND limits your search to only those common in
all
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Using Boolean to Combine Search Terms cats OR
dogs
OR expands your search to include either
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Using Boolean to Combine Search Terms cats NOT
dogs
NOT excludes items from a group
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Boolean and Limiting
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Field Qualifying
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Combining Concepts
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Sorting in Dynix (SL)
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Limiting in Dynix (L)
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Limiting by Pubdate
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Limiting Results -- from 153 to 23