Boolean Operators
Boolean operators or connectors can be used to improve your search results when using advanced search. You can use either AND, OR, or NOT.
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AND narrows a search. It is the default search method used in the simple search.
This search ... ... would find ... these results. king and nobel prize records with both of these words [View results of sample search] college* and universit* and georgia* records with all three of these words and their variants [View results of sample search] -
OR broadens a search.
This search ... ... would find ... these results. Americus or Albany records with either or both these words [View results of sample search] georgia* or carolina* records with any combination of these words or their variants [View results of sample search] -
NOT eliminates terms from a search.
This search ... ... would find ... these results. king not martin records with king that do not contain martin [View results of sample search] liberty not sam* records with liberty that do not contain variants of sam [View results of sample search]