Using AND, OR and NOT
You can combine search terms using AND, OR, and NOT.
- AND broadens your search.
- OR broadens your search.
- NOT narrows your search.
Examples:
crime AND justice.
Broadens your search and will bring back results that include both crime and justice.
crime OR delinquency
Broadens your search and will bring back results that include either crime or delinquency.
crime NOT adult
This narrows your search and will bring back results that include crime but not adult.
You can also combine search phrases in quotation marks with AND, OR, and NOT:
"social work" and disability
This will return results with the phrase social work (as an exact phrase) and disability.
Note: Capital letters are used for emphasis and do not need to be used in searches.
